Wendie Malick: Nina Van Horn

Quotes 

• [Nina selects "no-yes-yes-no-no-no" from a line of models; she comes to Maya and mistakes her for a prospective model] 

  Nina Van Horn : Honey, I don't know who your agent is, but you need to grow six inches, lose twenty pounds, and find a hairdresser who gave up cocaine with everyone else.

  [Nina turns to walk away] 

  Maya Gallo : Excuse me - do you own this magazine?

  Nina Van Horn : No, that would be Mr. Gallo.

  Maya Gallo : And I would be Mr. Gallo's daughter.

• Nina Van Horn : You know, dear, you can understand why I didn't recognize you. I mean, there is virtually no resemblance.

  Maya Gallo : Go away.

  Nina Van Horn : Ah, there it is.

• Dennis Finch : Listen up - I just got the cyber-skinny on our little friend Maya: Stanford grad, dean's list, no current boyfriend, but she is on the pill.

  Nina Van Horn : You got all that on the internet?

  Dennis Finch : Yeah, and rifling through her purse.

• Nina Van Horn : Look at her, writing her first big article for Papa.

  Elliot DiMauro : So?

  Nina Van Horn : "So?" First it's an article, then it's a job; before you know it *she's* in charge and I'm back at the boat show wearing that damn mermaid suit.

• Nina Van Horn : Maya, dear, I understand you're writing this month's relationship column. Can I peek?

  Elliot DiMauro : You peaked years ago, honey.

  Nina Van Horn : So, is this article the first of many?

  Maya Gallo : I doubt it; it's called, "My Father Is A Jackass."

• Nina Van Horn : She'll be gone by the end of the day.

  Dennis Finch : Great; just make it look like an accident.

  Nina Van Horn : No, no, no! She's leaving on her own.

  Dennis Finch : Got it; we never spoke.

  [Nina smiles quizzically and gives a thumbs-up]