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" If you create a fun environment, people will take liberties and grow and expand. And then you'll get your final screenplay in my favorite style, which is 'tossed away' - as if the actor just thought of it. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

" You're never too fat for a new purse. "

" We would not have 'America's Funniest Home Videos' without drunk brides and grooms falling into cakes. "

" 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? "

" Every time I sign a contract, I donate something to charity and buy a piece of jewelry. Whether the movie gets made or not, it's a celebration. "

" My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A. "

" I love romance. I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love. "

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" The popular girls let me hang out with them because I was funny. They told me that. 'You're not popular, but you're funny.' Now all my friends are funny. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece. "

" It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so. "

" I'm a private person who doesn't relish making her personal life public. "

" My blood sugar went out of control. Diabetes runs in my family, so I went to see my doctor. He was like, 'Buck up,' and it was sort of the wake-up call that I needed to hear. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I consider myself a fearless idiot. "

" I believe that if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there. "

" I think it's almost easier to do a kissing scene with someone you don't know. "

" Ever since I became a parent, time moves far too quickly. My vision always feels like I'm wearing giant kaleidoscope-goggles. "

" I was a very studious student and usually got A's. I did not like school, because I wasn't popular - I was a nerd. "

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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.' "

" 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. "

" I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors. I'm always so appreciative that this has happened for me - and against all odds - as a middle child from Canada. I'm very grateful. "