Nia Vardalos Quotes & Sayings

There's no way around grief. You have to go through it. You have to cry it out of your body, then wade through your own tears to the other side. Where there is cake. Moist cake. Have a piece. It will make you feel better. Have a second piece. Lick your fingers. You will feel better. I promise. — Nia Vardalos

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

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

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. — Nia Vardalos

Because now I know what I have been waiting for. I know exactly why the other processes didn't work. I know I was supposed to wait for this little girl. — Nia Vardalos

Now that I'm experiencing motherhood, I'm ready to write the next chapter of my family story. Of course a few jaded folks in the press corps will claim I ran out of money or just want to kiss John Corbett again. One of these things is true. — Nia Vardalos

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

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

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

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

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

I would rather be called funny than pretty. — Nia Vardalos

I hold my daughter in my arms and thank God for bringing her to me. 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. I know now why all those events happened. Or didn't happen. So I could meet this little girl. She is, in every way, my daughter. I am carrying my Funny Gift from God and all is good. — Nia Vardalos

I am so touched at how my family has embraced my situation. They don't even know this child, and they already love her. — Nia Vardalos

Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark. — Nia Vardalos

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. — Nia Vardalos

We live in an unsafe world. — Nia Vardalos

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

You're never too fat for a new purse. — Nia Vardalos

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

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

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

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

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

A bonus in raising a child you don't have a biological tie to is you will never saddle them with watching their every move and declaring their musical talent as "that's from your dad's side". — Nia Vardalos

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

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

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

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

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. — Nia Vardalos

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

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

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. — Nia Vardalos

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