Ten people I'd see in any movie

And by that I mean, merely knowing they are in a movie is enough to make me shell out the $11 price of admission (that's the New York price, my friends) and see it without knowing anything else about it...

These actors connote either good taste—and by that I mean they consistently pick interesting films (no I-need-to-finance-another-mansion movies)—or a consistently great/interesting performance. I’m sure there are more I could add to this list, but these are the ones that come right to mind…And they are not, lest you are wondering, in any particular order.

1) William H. Macy….Once I saw him in “Fargo,” I was sold for life.
2) Philip Seymour Hoffman=an interesting movie. He has great taste and always delivers. Case closed.
3) David Straithairn...such a talented character actor. Have admired him for a long time, and loved “Good night and good luck.”
4) Kristin Scott Thomas…Have liked her before, but her last two performances in “Tell no one” and “I have loved you so long” blew me away. Now I’ll follow her anywhere.
5) Frances McDormand…Love her. Great taste, fearless. Doesn’t always hit the mark…I didn’t love her in “Burn after reading,” for example. But always an interesting performance.
6) Emma Thompson…She is always great, but the performance that consistently blows me away is the necklace/Joni Mitchell scene in the comedy “Love Actually” (I’m deliberately being vague in case you haven’t seen it)
7) John Cusack…won me over completely with “High Fidelity.” And I think he’s got great taste in movies…have yet to see a mis-step.
8) Paul Giamatti…The movie is guaranteed to be interesting if he’s in it…not only because he always delivers, but because he’s got great taste.
9) Laura Linney…Has a reputation—for me, anyway—of playing complicated characters. I loved her in “The Savages” and “You can count on me.”
10) Sean Penn…Great taste, all out performances.