The two real leads in 'Children of Men' are Clive Owen and the social environment. You know, this same movie without the social environment maybe is just like a generic chase movie.

- Alfonso Cuaron

Vivian Abenshushan and Veronica Gerber write brilliant books that defy generic conventions.

- Alvaro Enrigue

The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find.

- Ben Stiller

I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are.

- Henry Rollins

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.

- John Cleese

The generic Canadian style of illustration is different from the generic American style.

- John Kricfalusi

There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can go.

- Robert Plant

As a child, I was always playing some generic child.

- Susan Olsen

A lot of times, scripts are written so the character is all one way. Even with 'Bringing Out the Dead,' the character was written a little more generic.

- Ving Rhames