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I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.


Nancy Friday

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NANCY MEYERS There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You&#...
NANCY MEYERS Being part of a team helped me so much. I know the fact that there was a man in the room with me all...
NANCY MEYERS I don't shoot movies quickly because I get a lot of coverage and a lot of angles, so we have all...
NANCY MEYERS I've always been blessed with confidence. I am a glass-half-full person. My first movie, 'Pr...
NANCY MEYERS Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.
NANCY MCKEON I started working at the age of 2, doing commercials and modeling in New York.
NANCY MCKEON Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my caree...
NANCY MCKEON Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Depar...
NANCY MCKEON One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Ear...
NANCY MCKEON I'd never played a cop before, and this particular role with what she is going thru, especially ...
NANCY MCKEON At the moment I really love listening to the Dave Matthews Band.
NANCY MCKEON I was a very shy, overly big, kind of creepy-looking kid.
NANCY MARCHAND I wasn't a glamour-puss, and there were more interesting roles for an actress like me in the the...
NANCY MARCHAND Acting was something I had to do.
NANCY MARCHAND