When I wanted to go away to college in Toronto, my dad said, ‘You can’t go.’ When I got to Toronto, I bought a couch, and my dad cried for the whole weekend because, as my mum told me, ‘Now you have furniture; he knows you are never coming back.’ Nia Vardalos Read Quote
My family knows everything about me. There are no secrets, which can be suffocating, but I also find comfort in it. You can always reach out an arm, and an aunty will be close by to tell you that your skirt is too short. Nia Vardalos Read Quote
I’m not one of those people that can suddenly start running and hire a Pilates trainer; it’s just not my thing. Nia Vardalos Read Quote
I love romance. I think our skin clears up and we’re nicer when you are in love. Nia Vardalos Read Quote
You can spend an entire summer in Europe, and no one will ask you what you do for a living. Nia Vardalos Read Quote
If you create a fun environment, people will take liberties and grow and expand. And then you’ll get your final screenplay in my favorite style, which is ‘tossed away’ – as if the actor just thought of it. Nia Vardalos Read Quote
I started in Shakespeare. I’m classically trained, which, how hilarious is that? Then one night, I saw Second City and thought, ‘Wow, that’s what I want to do.’ But I never thought it would morph into screenplay writing. Nia Vardalos Read Quote
My mum came to the set of my second movie ‘Connie and Carla,’ and she had made food for the whole cast, including mini bun cakes with little flowers sticking out of each one. Nia Vardalos Read Quote
