Nobody ever really thought of me as sexy, right? They thought of me as smart and quirky.
Cynthia NixonUnlike me, a lot of child actors are very short, which is why they work. So when they're 15 they can play 11 or when they're 18 they can play 14. They look young for so long, they have abilities a much younger kid wouldn't have.
Cynthia NixonEleanor Roosevelt was painfully shy, painfully shy. So she overcompensated. In the same way that Nancy Reagan felt unattractive and unlovable and so everything had to be - hair had to be perfect, and the makeup and the clothes. Because she thought, "They don't think I'm pretty."
Cynthia NixonThe only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don't go get your mammograms.
Cynthia Nixon