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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To love is to let someone live in the goodness of your heart.

Do not pay attention to those who are trying to stop or hinder you

A sacred space is not a place to hide out. It is a place where we recognize ourselves and our commitments.

God wants worshipers before workers; indeed the only acceptable workers are those who have learned the lost art of worship.

I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.

i hate leaving places i love i was never at one place long. am i selfish?

I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the Actors Studio.

In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist than something else.

As for another profession ... I suppose I'd manage a global-macro hedge fund. I love that kind of stuff. Weird, I know, but I find it fascinating.

A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.