Cynthia Nixon: From Sex in the City to Emily Dickinson

On Movie Talk, she tells Julian Schlossberg how she learned to stand up for herself, from that deal to proposing she play two Broadway roles at once for Mike Nichols. At 16, Cynthia Nixon was cast in Milos Forman’s Amadeus—but she negotiated a way to keep attending high school, flying home whenever filming ran more than two days in a row. She also recalls watching Little Darlings rushes with the cast each night, the chaotic shoot of The Murder of Mary Phagan, and why she loves directors who give precise, hands-on direction. A candid conversation about the surprising turns behind a career spanning Broadway, film, and television.