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" 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. "

Nia Vardalos

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Sad

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Mother

Day

" 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. "

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

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Romance

You

" 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. "

" I do recommend it for all girls, and boys, out there: put on a pair of fishnet stockings and find your inner sexiness! "

" I have no idea how to use social media for anything other than forwarding a good fart joke. "

" It's impossible for success to go to your head with a Greek mom - no way. "

Nia Vardalos

Success

Way

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

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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 have always written from a personal place. "