Nia Vardalos Quotes

Lately, I've been in meetings regarding a new script idea I have. A studio executive asked me to change the female lead to a male, because... 'Women don't go to movies.' Really?

Nia Vardalos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 24, 1962

Topics

ChangeWomenMeMeetingsNewMovies

I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency.

Andrew Weil

HealthI AmMedicineAmericanPlace

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.

John Kenneth Galbraith

SufferingBelieveOthersAnything

Money is hardly neutral. Its connection to power makes it a highly charged social phenomenon and a mediator of relationships. Because it has historically been controlled by men, it has given men a tool for controlling women.

Ann Cotton

WomenPowerMoneyMenConnection

And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship.

John R. Allen

RelationshipDayPoliceDifficult

Same sex marriage, it's not a big concern to me.

Tomi Lahren

MarriageMeSexSameBigConcern

Far from being hopeless, Africa is full of hope and potential, maybe more so than any other continent. The challenge is to ensure that its potential is utilised.

Mo Ibrahim

HopeChallengePotentialAfricaMore

You don't even realise how much you need Internet, but it really stops you from doing a lot.

Millie Bobby Brown

InternetDoingYouNeedEvenMuch

I'll try not to let a day go by without making a song. I don't think I've created a lot of music.

Josh Klinghoffer

MusicDaySongThinkGoTry

Illinois had the first aquarium built in Chicago. The very first skyscraper in the entire world was built in Chicago in 1885. The tallest building in North America, formerly the Sears Tower, now Willis Tower, is in Chicago. Evanston, home to Northwestern, is also home to the ice cream sundae. Illinois has a lot to be proud of.

Brad Schneider

HomeWorldBuildingProudAmerica

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding the Federal minimum wage.

Sherwood Boehlert

EndAmericaYearWillMinimum Wage

There was no saying I could ever step in and do what John does, because it'd be really hard to be John Williams.

Thomas Newman

StepSayingHardBecauseReally

Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.

Nigel Short

ProblemsTalkingSeriousJustAbout

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