Nia Vardalos Quotes

Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it's incredible and surprising.

In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.

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

You're never too fat for a new purse.

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.

Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.

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.

If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. She is, in every way my daughter.

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.

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.

The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.

Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it.

It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part.

I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted.

I would rather be called funny than pretty.

We live in an unsafe world.

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

On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.

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

And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.

Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.