The Nanny (TV Series)

Here Comes the Brood (1993)

Madeline Zima: Grace Sheffield

Quotes 

• Fran Fine : [Grace is crying in a toilet cubicle]  Oh, honey, aren't you getting a little claustrophobic in that teeny-weeny stall?

  [Grace comes out running] 

  Fran Fine : Come here baby.

  [Grace seats on Fran's lap] 

  Fran Fine : Oy, one day with my mother and you're ready for Jennie Craig.

  [pause] 

  Fran Fine : Honey, I want you to listen to me very carefully, okay?

  Grace Sheffield : Okay.

  Fran Fine : All right. It's true, I do get paid to take care of you. But I don't get paid extra for loving you. And I do.

  Grace Sheffield : I love you, too.

  [Hugging each other] 

  Fran Fine : Oy, let's face it, Grace, I'm no Ivana Trump.

  [pause] 

  Fran Fine : Of course, neither is she anymore.

• Grace Sheffield : I don't wanna go to the zoo. I had nightmares about fangs and claws and snarling.

  Fran Fine : Gracie, they keep the animals in cages.

  Brighton Sheffield : She's talking about C. C.

  Fran Fine : [to Mr. Sheffield]  Oh, come on. Stop being such a big fat baby. You got a toothache, you go to a dentist.

  Maxwell Sheffield : I don't have a toothache. Just slept on it wrong.

  Fran Fine : Who sleeps on a tooth? Unless you're waiting for a fairy. Now open up, let me take a look.

  Maxwell Sheffield : Miss Fine, it's my mouth. I reserve the right to keep it shut. An option you might consider from time to time.

  Fran Fine : All right, but what are you gonna do when all your teeth fall out?

  Niles : [Whispering to Fran]  I assume I'll me masticating for him.

  Fran Fine : [Quietly]  I hope you get time and half for that one.

• Fran Fine : [Grace has shown up at the Fine family's apartment door, much to Fran's surprise]  Gracie, how did you get here? Where's your father?

  Grace Sheffield : I ran away. I took a limo.

  [Fran gasps] 

  Fran Fine : [to Sylvia, her mother]  I ran away. I took a banana.

• Grace Sheffield : [Mr. Maxwell Sheffield has informed Gracie that it is Fran Fine's day off, much to Gracie's dismay]  ... So then it's true.

  Fran Fine : What's true, Angel?

  Grace Sheffield : That you only spend time with me because Daddy pays you to.

  Fran Fine : [gasps; shocked]  What kind of heartless, cold-blooded imbecile would say something like that?

  [Fran gives C.C. a piercing, knowing look. C.C. smiles forcibly, caught] 

  Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock : I meant it in the nicest possible way.

  Maxwell Sheffield : [shocked and dismayed]  C.C.!

  Uncle Myron : [Fran's Uncle Myron stands up and flaps a napkin in the air excitedly, to get Maxwell's attention]  Sheffield!

  Maxwell Sheffield : [chagrined]  Oh god, Uncle Myron! My nightmare continues.

  Uncle Myron : [Ushering his grandson, Robbie "the tap dancing genius'" over]  I would like you to meet my grandson, Robbie.

  Maxwell Sheffield : [trying to be polite]  Myron, not now.

  Uncle Myron : [to Robbie]  Hit it!

  Robby : [singing "Put On A Happy Face"]  Grey skies are gonna clear up/ Put on a Happy Face...

  [Robbie starts dancing as he sings; while he performs, Fran, C.C. and Maxwell talk over him] 

  Maxwell Sheffield : C.C., *What on Earth possessed you?*

  Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock : [about the Sheffield kids]  They were all gaining up on me!

  Fran Fine : So, you took it out on a six year old?

  Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock : [whines]  She started it!

  Fran Fine : [sarcastically]  Oh, That's very mature.

  Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock : [irate]  Well, that's the pot calling the kettle black!

  Maxwell Sheffield : [irritated]  Oh won't you two just grow up and just...

  Fran Fine , Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock , Maxwell Sheffield : [Screaming angrily at Robbie in unison]  SHUT UP!

  [Robbie stops and runs away] 

  Maxwell Sheffield : Well, *that* was slightly more painful than the toothache.

• Fran Fine : Honey, what are you doing here?

  Grace Sheffield : I was in the neighborhood!

  Sylvia Fine : Isn't she adorable! You want a scooter pie?

  Fran Fine : THAT'S your first question?