127 Quotes by Nia Vardalos

I think it's probably a universal experience that all parents think they're not hovering, but perhaps we all are.

I'm only happy when people are eating.

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.

My husband is an only child of only child parents.

Because I am a character actor, I thought I would be the fourth or eighth banana on a sitcom, and that would be OK.

When I write something, I constantly rewrite.

I think it's almost easier to do a kissing scene with someone you don't know.

I have found that every family has a strange remedy for any situation - from 'Use Fantastic to get the scuff off your patent leather shoes!' to 'Soak an aspirin in a glass of water to get rid of a migraine.'

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.'