"I get sort of 'juiced' when I see a character in a movie who is 'Mode One' ...," said Currie, referring to the title of his self-help book that has now become virtually synonymous with an attitude and demeanor which is representative of behavior by men that is bold, brash, ultra confident, and provocatively candid and straightforward. "You don't see it as much on [network] television because of the censorship, but many of the cable television shows such as 'The Shield' and 'Nip/Tuck' on FX, and 'Entourage' on HBO tend to have many episodes that feature provocatively straightforward dialogue," added Currie, who is a fan of all three shows, and particularly "Entourage." "You see that sort of dialogue much more in many feature films, and those are typically the movies that I am most drawn to," said Currie.

Currie says good writers and screenwriters are often overlooked who have a talent for writing such dialogue between two or more characters that grabs the attention of the viewers in a big way. "I'll always be a fan of writers and screenwriters. Screenwriters rarely get their due on talk shows such as 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' or 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' but everything revolves around the story and the dialogue. When I watch a good movie, I always look for the names of the screenwriters," said Currie, who highlights David Mamet as one of his personal favorites.

"If there was one script that sort of 'freaked me out,' it was the one written by Jon Favreau for the movie 'Swingers.' That script was so 'Mode One', it was scary. I remember when I lived in Los Angeles, my brother Stephen called me from San Diego and said, 'Dude! You have got to go see this movie called 'Swingers!!' You're going to trip out! This is like 'Mode One - The Movie'!!," laughed Currie, who turned a concept he developed in Fall of 1990 for improving men's interpersonal communication skills with women into a pamphlet in 1995, an e-book in 2001, and finally a paperback in March 2006. When asked who would earn a spot on his 'all-star team,' Currie mentioned the following names and movie characters:

Mode One First Team "Self-Assured Straightshooters"

• John Leslie as "Jack" in "Talk Dirty To Me" (1980)
• Alec Baldwin as "Blake" in "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992)
• Warren Beatty as "Senator Jay Billington Bulworth" in "Bulworth" (1998)
• Sean Connery as "James Bond" in "Goldfinger" (1964)
• Danny DeVito as "Lawrence Garfield" in "Other People's Money" (1991)
• Eddie Murphy as "Reggie Hammond" in "48 Hours" (1982)

Mode One Second Team "Self-Assured Straightshooters"

• Richard Gere as "Dennis Peck" in "Internal Affairs" (1990)
• John Malkovich as "Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont" in "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988)
• Joe Mantegna as "Mike" in "House of Games" (1987)
• Richard Roundtree as "John Shaft" in "Shaft" (1971)
• Mickey Rourke as "John" in "Nine 1/2 Weeks" (1986)
• Vince Vaughn as "Trent" in "Swingers" (1996)

What about female characters?? Can a female movie character be "Mode One?" "Yes...," said Currie. "Demi Moore's character in the movie 'Disclosure' was definitely Mode One. Sharon Stone in 'Basic Instinct,' Linda Fiorentino in 'The Last Seduction,' and of course, Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore in 'Goldfinger.' Most recently, my favorite Mode One dialogue by a woman was by Carla Gugino as Vincent Chase's (Adrian Grenier) talent agent on 'Entourage.' The two characters had a very provocatively straightforward phone conversation that was very Mode One. I was like 'bravo.'," added a smiling Currie.

For more information about "Upfront & Straightforward with Alan Roger Currie," please visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ModeOne or http://www.modeone.net Also visit http://www.imdb.com, http://www.hbo.com/entourage, http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/niptuck, and http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/the_shield