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“I feel like when I really did my research, I both came to hate Nancy Reagan more.”

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Cynthia Nixon, born on April 9, 1966, is an American actress known for her exceptional performances on Broadway and television. She gained recognition for her role in 'Angels in America' and 'Masters of Sex'. Nixon is highly acclaimed for her profound acting skills and contributions to female characters. more

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“I also grew to love Nancy Reagan in a certain way. I learned more - certainly I learned more bad stuff that I had known about in greater detail, but I also got a lot of empathy.”

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“I understood more what Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan, what they were coming from. Kind of the horrors of their childhoods that they were coming from. When you experience such pain early on, some people really interface with that pain and try and unpack it, and some people just take it and squelch it down and try and be as successful as they can. And, you know, encourage everybody, "Don't dwell on the negative! Come on, buck up!"”

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“Nancy Reagan sort of downplayed that, you know - but she was quite successful. At the time she married Ronald Reagan, I think she was keenly aware that [Reagan's first wife] Jane Wyman's career had eclipsed Ronald Reagan's, so she was very determined not to have that happen.”

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“Nancy Reagan actually took some movies that she didn't want to take because they were [with Ronald Reagan] really strapped for cash.”

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“[Nancy Reagan] took that career, that obviously mattered to her, and just tucked it away in a box, because she thought, "That's over with now. I'm going to make wifehood my career."”

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