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" It's called show business for a reason. The theater owners want to make money, and understandably so. "
Nia Vardalos
Want
Show
Reason
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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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" 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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Friends
Trying
" I think it's almost easier to do a kissing scene with someone you don't know. "
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Know
" It's impossible for success to go to your head with a Greek mom - no way. "
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Way
" 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 if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there. "
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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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Idea
" 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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Everything
Tell
" My mum came to the set of my second movie 'Connie and Carla,' and she had made food for the whole cast, including mini bun cakes with little flowers sticking out of each one. "
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She
Out
Little
" My husband is an only child of only child parents. "
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Parents
" In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece. "
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Ways
Many
Greece
" Women have to write for each other; we have to hire each other. "
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Write
Each
" 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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Mother
Me
Day
" 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. "
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You
Now
" I don't like it if I act anything other than the humble Winnipegger I was raised to be. "
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Than
Other
Anything
" 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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Experience
Parents
Think
" 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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Not Fair
Live
Fair
" 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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Meetings
Movies
" 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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Too
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Only
Known
Her
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World
Live
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Sister
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Reach
You
" 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. "
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Child
Canada
Feel
" I love romance. I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love. "
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Romance
You
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