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" You can spend an entire summer in Europe, and no one will ask you what you do for a living. "

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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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't temper how I feel. I'm Greek. I've got emotions. "

" 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. "

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

" 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'm only happy when people are eating. "

" There's a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you're alone in what you're going through, and none of us are alone. We're all going through the same thing. "

" When I write something, I constantly rewrite. "

" I was worried if you adopted a foster child, someone from the birth family could still come and take her back. I was afraid that any child in foster care might have suffered such trauma or neglect that she would be impossible to reach. I'm not proud of these fears. But I understand now when others ask me the same questions. "

" 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 have had the same person show up in a few cities with flowers. A lovely gentleman who gave me a picture of himself. I came home, gave it to Ian, and said, 'If I go missing, here's the guy.' "

" Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" We were so unprepared that when my husband took off to get groceries, and we'd adopted a 3-year-old, he came back with baby formula, a steak and a teething ring. We had no idea what we were doing. But you learn. There's no way to fully prepare. Just eyes wide open - jump. "

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

" I write through improvisation. 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" I started in Shakespeare. I'm classically trained, which, how hilarious is that? Then one night, I saw Second City and thought, 'Wow, that's what I want to do.' But I never thought it would morph into screenplay writing. "

" 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?' "