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" We would not have 'America's Funniest Home Videos' without drunk brides and grooms falling into cakes. "
Nia Vardalos
Home
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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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" 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 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 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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" 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 was in a fertility situation publicly, so I disappeared. I was very satisfied just being to able to creatively express myself with writing. 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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" 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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" 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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" Absolutely, I don't believe in rules. As I tell my daughter when she is mischievous, 'Well-behaved women rarely make history.' "
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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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" 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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" 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 have no idea how to use social media for anything other than forwarding a good fart joke. "
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" I don't like it if I act anything other than the humble Winnipegger I was raised to be. "
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" I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love. "
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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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" 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. "
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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 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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" In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece. "
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