Cynthia Nixon Quotes

I always say that the characters in Jane Austen's original books are rather like zombies because they live in this bubble of immense wealth and privilege and no matter what's going on around them they have a singular purpose to maintain their rank and to impress others.

Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars' kids at my school - but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn't cool to show off that you had money.

Maybe I'm an elitist, but I don't feel like I am.

Class isn't something you buy. Look at you. You have a $500 suit on and you're still a lowlife.

One thing I think celebrities shy away from is exposing the reality that we're all the same. Somebody's not more important because they have a Bentley or a big house or a famous boyfriend or plastic surgery - we're all the same.

As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

The Kennedy lifestyle is something that is looked upon favorably by the elites throughout our culture, both political and social.

I always wanted so much glamour in my life, so I have always been obsessed with class, and from dating a few people who were from old money and a few from new money in my 20s, I just sort of became obsessed with this idea of clueless rich people.

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

Fact is, famous people say fame stinks because they love it so - like a secret restaurant or holiday island they don't want the hoi polloi to get their grubby paws on.

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

I've never been aware of the difference between so-called posh actors and working-class actors.

You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don't need, you can't be white.

A rich man's joke is always funny.

If you're a big celebrity, you get money to be private. I'm just a working stiff. I don't get bodyguards or alarm systems.

Country music, the music of the white rural working class, has often been mocked by elitists whose understanding of power and art was shaped at expensive private schools.

I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.

Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in a different country, but the thing about breeding is, you can't buy it. You can't buy class.

I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.