“I do get approached every day by people who say, 'Why don't you make m...” — Nia Vardalos Quote

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“As a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas.”

“Nature was developed to resist the onslaughts of capitalism, but it's really not a very good defense - rather like resisting a steamroller with a Christmas tree ornament.”

“When I was 14, 15, 16, I was wearing 'Edward Scissorhands' and 'Nightmare before Christmas' stuff. I saw 'Sleepy Hollow' a dozen times.”