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We must make choices that are outside of the familial expectations of us, or we'll just be repeating the mistakes. Our parents came here to give us better choices.Nia Vardalos
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I have no idea how to use social media for anything other than forwarding a good fart joke.Nia Vardalos
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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.'Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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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. In other words, they labeled me with words like overweight, unattractive, unappealing.Nia Vardalos
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Women are so many things. We're sisters, mothers, wives. There are so many things we encompass.Nia Vardalos
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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?'Nia Vardalos
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My blood sugar went out of control. Diabetes runs in my family, so I went to see my doctor. He was like, 'Buck up,' and it was sort of the wake-up call that I needed to hear.Nia Vardalos
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You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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I have found that every family has a strange remedy for any situation - from 'Use Fantastic to get the scuff off your patent leather shoes!' to 'Soak an aspirin in a glass of water to get rid of a migraine.'Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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Our daughter was not damaged or hurt in any way. She was simply relinquished to foster care by two people who were not ready to be parents. I admire them for giving her the chance for a better life. And I am grateful they gave my husband and me the opportunity to be parents.Nia Vardalos
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Ever since I became a parent, time moves far too quickly. My vision always feels like I'm wearing giant kaleidoscope-goggles.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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We would not have 'America's Funniest Home Videos' without drunk brides and grooms falling into cakes.Nia Vardalos
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You're not ethnic enough. You're not fat enough. You're not thin enough. You're not blond enough. You're not dark enough. You're not young enough. You're not old enough.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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If you create a fun environment, people will take liberties and grow and expand. And then you'll get your final screenplay in my favorite style, which is 'tossed away' - as if the actor just thought of it.Nia Vardalos
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Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal. Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat, and no one ever talks about it. Alec Baldwin just orders his suits a size bigger, and we continue to swoon.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.Nia Vardalos
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I've had designers say to my face, 'Oh, I want to dress you now that you're skinny.' And that's really rude.Nia Vardalos
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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!Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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Every time I sign a contract, I donate something to charity and buy a piece of jewelry. Whether the movie gets made or not, it's a celebration.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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When I wanted to go away to college in Toronto, my dad said, 'You can't go.' When I got to Toronto, I bought a couch, and my dad cried for the whole weekend because, as my mum told me, 'Now you have furniture; he knows you are never coming back.'Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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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
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You can spend an entire summer in Europe, and no one will ask you what you do for a living.Nia Vardalos
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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.'Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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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.Nia Vardalos
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