--- title: "1 Creating Family Quotes By Nia Vardalos" description: "1 Creating Family quotes by Nia Vardalos. Plus more from Nia Vardalos and more Creating Family sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/nia-vardalos-14325_adoption_if-the-standard-route-for-creating-a-fam_837796.png" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/if-the-standard-route-for-creating-a-family-had-worked-for-me-i/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/nia-vardalos-14325_adoption_if-the-standard-route-for-creating-a-fam_837796.png) ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/because-now-i-know-what-i-have-been-waiting-for-i-know-exactly-why/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [“Ilaria asks me why God didn’t give me a baby. This isn’t an uncomfortable question for me anymore. I tell her there was another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/ilaria-asks-me-why-god-didn-t-give-me-a-baby-this-isn-t-an/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [I would rather be called funny than pretty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/i-would-rather-be-called-funny-than-pretty/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/socially-the-issue-of-men-s-weight-is-simply-not-a-big-deal/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/i-don-t-card-out-my-screenplays-ever-i-just-have-an-idea-i-just-sit/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [I look at Playtone, the company that produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I call them my Playtoners. They are the kindest people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/i-look-at-playtone-the-company-that-produced-my-big-fat-greek-wedding/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [“I broke into an industry that had told me loud and clear I didn’t belong, and found success because I was tenacious, assertive, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/i-broke-into-an-industry-that-had-told-me-loud-and-clear-i-didn-t/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/on-november-15th-2008-in-over-300-cities-4-000-children-were-adopted/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/anyone-who-ever-wondered-how-much-they-could-love-a-child-who-did-not/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/you-only-get-one-life-so-you-might-as-well-make-it-a-happy-one-and/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/i-do-recommend-it-for-all-girls-and-boys-out-there-put-on-a-pair-of/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/i-couldn-t-get-an-acting-job-to-save-my-life-when-i-moved-to-l-a/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/it-s-not-like-suddenly-when-you-become-a-working-actor-all-your/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [I feel the same way when I meet somebody in Los Angeles, because I'm from Winnipeg. I'm just a very ordinary girl that something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/i-feel-the-same-way-when-i-meet-somebody-in-los-angeles-because-i-m/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) > [Sometimes I'm surprised when someone who has achieved success is incredibly Machiavellian in their manipulations. So, while I want to believe it's integrity, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-vardalos/sometimes-i-m-surprised-when-someone-who-has-achieved-success-is/) [Nia Vardalos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-vardalos/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creating-family/nia-vardalos/#itemlist", "name": "1 Creating Family Quotes By Nia Vardalos", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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