Nia Vardalos Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Nia Vardalos:
I've had designers say to my face, 'Oh, I want to dress you now that you're skinny.' And that's really rude.
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And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.
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There's a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you're alone in what you're going through, and none of us are alone. We're all going through the same thing.
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When I write something, I constantly rewrite.
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You're as strong as the actors you're working with, your partners.
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I have found that every family has a strange remedy for any situation - from 'Use Fantastic to get the scuff off your patent leather shoes!' to 'Soak an aspirin in a glass of water to get rid of a migraine.'
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You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way.
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I have no idea how to use social media for anything other than forwarding a good fart joke.
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I had worked for ten years in theater; I had worked at Second City in Chicago. Then I got to Hollywood, and I was like, naively, 'Where's my pilot?'
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In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.
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I did go through a bit of a dark time during the years I was trying to be a mom. But I'm basically a very positive person.
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My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.
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I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors.
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The white hot publicity that came from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' was appreciated but not sought, so I was happy to walk away from it and then write.
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On my daughter's first day of kindergarten, another mom said something that made me realize I had become my own Greek, suffocating mother. She said, 'Just think, in 13 years they'll leave us and go to college!' And I went, 'Gulp.'
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Don't settle; don't compromise. Freeze your eggs, get your sociology doctorate, worry more about war and pestilence and the incredible inequality of geographical birth than finding your soulmate.
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We absolutely have to support our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. We just must. It's not fair that they don't get to live an authentic life.
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What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire.
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You're never too fat for a new purse.
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I'm a private person who doesn't relish making her personal life public.
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There's this constant guilt that comes with parenting. You always feel like you're never enough. If you're confident in your parenting, you probably suck at it.
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I think it's probably a universal experience that all parents think they're not hovering, but perhaps we all are.
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The media was always so focused on the money a movie makes. But I was in Times Square, and a bunch of Japanese tourists looked at me and started shouting, 'Toula!' I loved it. It's these tiny moments of connection that register with me the most and always have.
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Ever since I became a parent, time moves far too quickly. My vision always feels like I'm wearing giant kaleidoscope-goggles.
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I do get approached every day by people who say, 'Why don't you make more movies?' I don't really miss it when I get to go and watch my daughter in the Christmas pageant.
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It was a sad process for me to become a mom, and a long process. I felt so embarrassed that I couldn't have a biological child.
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It's not like suddenly, when you become a working actor all your friends are in the same situation. I have friends who are still handing out flyers for their one-woman show and trying to make ends meet.
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Women are so many things. We're sisters, mothers, wives. There are so many things we encompass.
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I believe that there are moments in everyone's lives where a door flings open, and if you're terrified of what's on the other side, you must walk through it.
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I grew up looking for myself onscreen and never could find myself. And I believe that I am supposed to be Toula to show people that it's O.K. to be different.
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We live in an unsafe world.
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On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett.
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I think there is a moment in every parent's life where we realize that we have lost ourselves a little bit. It's a moment of looking in the mirror and going, 'I need to put on some lipstick.'
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Like most women, I thought it would be easy once I decided to start a family. I was surprised that Mother Nature kept poking me in the eye, saying, 'Nope, nope, nope.'
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Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it.
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When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic.
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Lately, I've been in meetings regarding a new script idea I have. A studio executive asked me to change the female lead to a male, because... 'Women don't go to movies.' Really?
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I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love.
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Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal.
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My favorite part of any playdate comes later when I get to carry my exhausted and sleeping daughter to the car. Is there anything more trusting than a sleeping child completely and utterly leaning into your body?
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My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted.
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I don't temper how I feel. I'm Greek. I've got emotions.
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On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.
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I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.
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I never card out a movie. You know how people will outline or card? I don't do that. I tend to start with an idea and go.
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I consider myself a fearless idiot.
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Women have to write for each other; we have to hire each other.
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I do recommend it for all girls, and boys, out there: put on a pair of fishnet stockings and find your inner sexiness!
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You're not ethnic enough. You're not fat enough. You're not thin enough. You're not blond enough. You're not dark enough. You're not young enough. You're not old enough.
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America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to all of us.
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Because I am a character actor, I thought I would be the fourth or eighth banana on a sitcom, and that would be OK.
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We must make choices that are outside of the familial expectations of us, or we'll just be repeating the mistakes. Our parents came here to give us better choices.
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I have had the same person show up in a few cities with flowers. A lovely gentleman who gave me a picture of himself. I came home, gave it to Ian, and said, 'If I go missing, here's the guy.'
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We were so unprepared that when my husband took off to get groceries, and we'd adopted a 3-year-old, he came back with baby formula, a steak and a teething ring. We had no idea what we were doing. But you learn. There's no way to fully prepare. Just eyes wide open - jump.
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It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so.
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I was worried if you adopted a foster child, someone from the birth family could still come and take her back. I was afraid that any child in foster care might have suffered such trauma or neglect that she would be impossible to reach. I'm not proud of these fears. But I understand now when others ask me the same questions.
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I'm not proud of this, but I had a lot of misconceptions about American foster care. To me, foster care meant that a child would be placed with you, then taken away. I didn't want to go through all of that.
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The candid and honest and pure heartedness of children has strengthened my views that we are all equal and should be afforded the basic human rights that we all deserve.
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I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them.
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I believe that you will not get what you want unless you ask for it.
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Our daughter was not damaged or hurt in any way. She was simply relinquished to foster care by two people who were not ready to be parents. I admire them for giving her the chance for a better life. And I am grateful they gave my husband and me the opportunity to be parents.
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There are benefits to adopting a toddler. They can tell you what's wrong. And - everything we did with our daughter was a first. Her first tooth fairy. Santa.
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I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.
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I think it's almost easier to do a kissing scene with someone you don't know.
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It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part.
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It's impossible for success to go to your head with a Greek mom - no way.
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I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.
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