| 100% | LARSON | 6 | Cartoonist who said "I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly" |
| 27% | NEO | 3 | "The Matrix" hero who said, "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life" |
| 25% | ESME | 4 | Salinger character who says to the story narrator, "I don't think I shall tell you my full name" |
| 25% | MASHA | 5 | The Seagull character who says, "I dress in black to match my life. I am unhappy." |
| 24% | CHRISTIE | 8 | Governor who said "I don't think there's anybody in America who would necessarily think my personality is best suited to being number two" |
| 24% | WEATHERLY | 9 | "Bull" star Michael who says "My kids and my marriage are the things I'm proudest of" |
| 24% | OHARA | 5 | To whom Butler said "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
| 23% | RALPH | 5 | Kid on "The Simpsons" who said, "This is my sandbox. I'm not allowed to go in the deep end" |
| 23% | ITSGROWINGONME | 14 | "I wasn't sure at first, but ...," or what could be said about the ends of 16-, 26-, and 44-Across? |
| 23% | DONDRAPER | 9 | TV protagonist who said, "If you don't like what's being said, change the conversation" |
| 23% | LESLIENIELSEN | 13 | Actor who says, "I am serious ... and don't call me Shirley" in "Airplane!" (2 wds.) |
| 23% | PLATH | 5 | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| 23% | SAHL | 4 | Satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 23% | PATCHADAMS | 10 | Doctor who said of Robin Williams, "he was the only actor I wanted to play me, and I think he did a fabulous job." |
| 23% | SAHL | 4 | Political satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 23% | BERLE | 5 | TV great who said "I live to laugh, and I laugh to live" |
| 23% | RIPLEY | 6 | Cartoonist Robert ___ who founded the franchise which deals in bizarre events and items one may or may not be able to believe |
| 22% | ETTA | 4 | James who said, “People that can’t stand to listen to the blues, they’ve got to be phonies” |
| 22% | COLINKAEPERNICK | 15 | He said, “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way” |
| 22% | MRED | 4 | TV star who said "Stop gabbin' and get me some oats!" |
| 22% | WEAREFAMILY | 11 | Sister Sledge classic whose second line is "I got all my sisters with me," and a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across |
| 22% | HAMLET | 6 | Who says "To be, or not to be: that is the question" |
| 22% | EEYORE | 6 | Illustrated character who said, “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it” |
| 22% | GROUCHO | 7 | He said, "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others" |
| 22% | DALI | 4 | Artist who said "I don't do drugs. I am drugs" |
| 22% | TOWED | 5 | My car broke down and was ___ to the junkyard |
| 22% | ARGON | 5 | I'm on the periodic table and my name comes from the Greek word for "inactive or lazy" |
| 22% | BART | 4 | TV character who says "I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows" |
| 21% | JOINTVENTURE | 12 | "My colleagues and I will do some exploratory work on your knee, in a ___," said the rheumatologist |
| 21% | HUGHGRANT | 9 | "Paddington 2" actor who says, "I'm too old and ugly to be the young leading man in romantic comedies now, thank God": 2 wds. |