The Nanny Diaries (film)

"There's a common belief among anthropologists that you must immerse yourself in an unfamiliar world in order to truly understand your own."

"You want to know about the dads? I'll tell you about the dads. They're chubby, bald, steak-eating, cigar-smoking, type-A pigs who get more turned on by the Bloomberg Wire than they do by any hot nannies. Actually, it's all of you in about 5 years. So take it from me, guys: Enjoy tonight, because your future looks pretty fucking bleak."

"My desire to be an observer of life was actually keeping me from having one."

"Child-rearing around the world boasts a wide variety of customs and mores. But perhaps the most bizarre social patterns can be found within the small island community of Manhattan... The inhabitants of the region known as the Upper East Side have the most prosperous, yet idiosyncratic social systems on the planet. After successfully mating and producing offspring, the men are often distant and uninvolved, leaving their women to hunt, gather and provide for their families. Yet the resourceful mothers of the Upper East Side have plenty of time to participate in a variety of sex-role specific activities. These include body mutilation, sacred meditation, even fasting rituals. Which brings us to our focus on child-rearing: Who actually does it? Well, in Africa, they have a saying, "It takes a village to raise a child." But for the tribe of the Upper East Side, it takes just one person: the Nanny."

"Scarlett Johansson as Annie "Nanny" Braddock"

"Laura Linney as Mrs. Alexandra X"

"Alicia Keys as Lynette"

"Chris Evans as Hayden "Harvard Hottie""

"Paul Giamatti as Mr. Stan X"

"Donna Murphy as Judy Braddock"

"Nicholas Reese Art as Grayer Addison X"

"Judith Roberts as Milicent"

"Julie White as Jane Gould"

"Nate Corddry as Calvin"

"Nina Garbiras as Miss Chicago"

"Brande Roderick as Tanya"

"Heather Simms as Murnel"