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> [What was really great with Eleanor Roosevelt - I mean, of course, we all have this stereotypical, really satirical almost, version of how she speaks. What was really interesting to me was I found various radio and TV appearances of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/what-was-really-great-with-eleanor-roosevelt-i-mean-of-course-we-all/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

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> [Eleanor 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/eleanor-roosevelt-was-painfully-shy-painfully-shy-so-she/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

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## Other authors on Eleanor

## More by Cynthia Nixon

> [I feel that between my experience and my mother's, breast cancer is a little bit like someone who lives next door. I know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-feel-that-between-my-experience-and-my-mother-s-breast-cancer-is-a/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I think what Laura Linney was saying about teaching her all the lessons as a child actor, right, that's a whole ball of wax.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-think-what-laura-linney-was-saying-about-teaching-her-all-the/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I didn't have chemo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-didn-t-have-chemo/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I always sort of thought, 'I'm probably going to get breast cancer. There's a really good chance.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-always-sort-of-thought-i-m-probably-going-to-get-breast-cancer/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [My mother has battled breast cancer three times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/my-mother-has-battled-breast-cancer-three-times/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I understood more what Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan, what they were coming from. Kind of the horrors of their childhoods that they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-understood-more-what-nancy-reagan-and-ronald-reagan-what-they-were/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I am definitely as happy as I've ever been. Happier, I would say, than I've ever been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-am-definitely-as-happy-as-i-ve-ever-been-happier-i-would-say-than-i/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I had a lumpectomy. It wasn't that bad. Six and a half weeks of radiation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-had-a-lumpectomy-it-wasn-t-that-bad-six-and-a-half-weeks-of/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [Talk with your doctor, make healthy lifestyle choices and most importantly, know your body - as that can make all the difference in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/talk-with-your-doctor-make-healthy-lifestyle-choices-and-most/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I used to just take every job that seemed relatively appealing. But now I take a job and it's in the trades the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-used-to-just-take-every-job-that-seemed-relatively-appealing-but/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [My private life is private.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/my-private-life-is-private/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I go for my completely routine mammogram and then I get a call from my gynecologist. And she says, 'Well, I have some -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-go-for-my-completely-routine-mammogram-and-then-i-get-a-call-from/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I'd do a show about garbagemen if it was good!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-d-do-a-show-about-garbagemen-if-it-was-good/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [I think Nancy Reagan felt so judged all the time and she felt so unlovable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/i-think-nancy-reagan-felt-so-judged-all-the-time-and-she-felt-so/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

> [There are no available men in their thirties in New York. Giuliani had them removed along with the homeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-nixon/there-are-no-available-men-in-their-thirties-in-new-york-giuliani-had/)

[Cynthia Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-nixon/)

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