"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."
"I do recommend it for all girls, and boys, out there: put on a pair of fishnet stockings and find your inner sexiness!"
"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."
"In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece."
"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."
"You're never too fat for a new purse."
"I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are."
"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."
"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."
"I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit."
"I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A."
"I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love."
"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."
"Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal."
"Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it."
"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."
"My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted."
"My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds."
"And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really."
"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."
"On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day."
"We live in an unsafe world."
"We were so unprepared that when my husband took off to get groceries, and we'd adopted a 3-year-old, he came back with baby formula, a steak and a teething ring. We had no idea what we were doing. But you learn. There's no way to fully prepare. Just eyes wide open - jump."
"There's a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you're alone in what you're going through, and none of us are alone. We're all going through the same thing."
"I've had designers say to my face, 'Oh, I want to dress you now that you're skinny.' And that's really rude."
