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“I'm a private person who doesn't relish making her personal life public.”
“There's this constant guilt that comes with parenting. You always feel like you're never enough. If you're confident in your parenting, you probably suck at it.”
“Don't settle; don't compromise. Freeze your eggs, get your sociology doctorate, worry more about war and pestilence and the incredible inequality of geographical birth than finding your soulmate.”
“I think it's probably a universal experience that all parents think they're not hovering, but perhaps we all are.”
“My heroes in real life are definitely my mom for being true to herself, for having a foot in both worlds, for being so very polite - Canadian and also such a traditional Greek woman. I would sum it up this way: the life lesson she would say is be polite while you're breaking the rules.”
“On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.”
“I don't work that much because I am selective.”
“My favorite part of any playdate comes later when I get to carry my exhausted and sleeping daughter to the car. Is there anything more trusting than a sleeping child completely and utterly leaning into your body?”
“Every time I sign a contract, I donate something to charity and buy a piece of jewelry. Whether the movie gets made or not, it's a celebration.”
“We must make choices that are outside of the familial expectations of us, or we'll just be repeating the mistakes. Our parents came here to give us better choices.”
“When I write something, I constantly rewrite.”
“I never card out a movie. You know how people will outline or card? I don't do that. I tend to start with an idea and go.”
“We would not have 'America's Funniest Home Videos' without drunk brides and grooms falling into cakes.”
“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.”
“America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to all of us.”
“I don't like it if I act anything other than the humble Winnipegger I was raised to be.”
“I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors.”
“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.”
“I believe that you will not get what you want unless you ask for it.”
“My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.”