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" I think the goal is parity: I try to be pro-woman without being anti-man, and I hope and wish that men could do the same in that when they look at the screenplay, they say, 'Wait, wait, wait - is my daughter represented here, is my wife represented here? Is my sister represented?' "

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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. "

Nia Vardalos

Daughter

Everything

Tell

" My husband is an only child of only child parents. "

" You're as strong as the actors you're working with, your partners. "

" Women have to write for each other; we have to hire each other. "

" 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. "

" 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 believe that you will not get what you want unless you ask for it. "

" My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds. "

" I think it's probably a universal experience that all parents think they're not hovering, but perhaps we all are. "

" Because I am a character actor, I thought I would be the fourth or eighth banana on a sitcom, and that would be OK. "

" Absolutely, I don't believe in rules. As I tell my daughter when she is mischievous, 'Well-behaved women rarely make history.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

Nia Vardalos

Romance

You

" And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really. "

" 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. "

Nia Vardalos

Positive

Mom

" 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. "

" When I write something, I constantly rewrite. "

" My family knows everything about me. There are no secrets, which can be suffocating, but I also find comfort in it. You can always reach out an arm, and an aunty will be close by to tell you that your skirt is too short. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

Nia Vardalos

Fat

Confidence

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

" I've had designers say to my face, 'Oh, I want to dress you now that you're skinny.' And that's really rude. "

" 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.' "

" My heroes in real life are definitely my mom for being true to herself, for having a foot in both worlds, for being so very polite - Canadian and also such a traditional Greek woman. I would sum it up this way: the life lesson she would say is be polite while you're breaking the rules. "

" 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. "