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…

— 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…

— Nia Vardalos

I would rather be called funny than pretty.

— Nia Vardalos

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

— 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 look at Playtone, the company that produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I call them my Playtoners. They are the kindest…

— 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,…

— Nia Vardalos

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

— Nia Vardalos

Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it…

— 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…

— Nia Vardalos

I do recommend it for all girls, and boys, out there: put on a pair of fishnet stockings and find your inner…

— Nia Vardalos

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Nia Vardalos

“I hold my daughter in my arms and thank God for bringing her to me. If the standard route for creating a…

— Nia Vardalos

Becoming a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am happy to once again be a part…

— 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…

— Nia Vardalos

“There’s no way around grief. You have to go through it. You have to cry it out of your body, then wade…

— Nia Vardalos

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

— Nia Vardalos

What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose…

— Nia Vardalos

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

— 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…

— Nia Vardalos

As we know, there are companies like Monsanto filling the Earth with their genetically-modified poison, which makes me wonder how many people…

— Nia Vardalos

When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close…

— Nia Vardalos