Nia Vardalos Quotes

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Nia Vardalos

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 24, 1962

You're as strong as the actors you're working with, your partners.

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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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I did go through a bit of a dark time during the years I was trying to be a mom. But I'm basically a very positive person.

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You're never too fat for a new purse.

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

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I consider myself a fearless idiot.

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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.

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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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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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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