The Nanny Diaries (2007)

Laura Linney: Mrs. X

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Quotes 

• Annie Braddock : Okay Mrs. X, now it's time for a few simple childcare rules.

  Jane Gould : Oh, alright, the teddy bear has been compromised.

  Annie Braddock : Slamming the door in your kid's face is *not* okay. Spending more time on a benefit for kids that you've never met than you do with your own blood is *not* okay. Going to a SPA when your son has a fever of a hundred and four and not answering emergency calls, that officially makes you an unfit mother.

  Mrs. X : This is outrageous. Stop the tape.

  Jane Gould : Uh, no. This is clearly a disgruntled nanny. W-we might have something to learn here.

  Annie Braddock : Now I know that you're all pretty busy with your hair appointments, and your watsu massages and your attempts to stay young so your husbands won't leave you. But here's an idea! Why don't you try eating dinner with your child every once in a blue moon. And heads up here, lady, try smiling once in a while. People hate you.

• Mrs. X : Keep your voice down, there are mimes in the other room.

• [from trailer] 

  Mrs. X : Nanny... what are you doing?

• Mrs. X : Nanny, you never mentioned you had a mother!

• Mrs. X : If school is ever canceled, the following nonstructured outings are permissible: the Met, the Morgan Library, the French Culinary Institute, the New York Stock Exchange.

• Mrs. X : I know it's Sunday and you requested a day off, but I desperately need to sleep in. I have a very long afternoon today tasting caterers for our benefit, "Conga for the Congo."

• Mrs. X : Perhaps it might be a nice morning to do something educational with Grayer, like the Pissarro show at the Guggenheim.