Top 100 Quotes About Nia
#1. Nia, it wasn't about you." "Are you sure?" I look down, and the answer is right there in my chest and it's resounding. "Yes. I have bigger problems than you.
Ned Vizzini
#2. I met my wife, Nia Vardalos, at The Second City, and she was chomping at the bit to move to L.A.
Ian Gomez
#3. I did Second City, and Nia Vardalos also did Second City, so I knew her from there.
Rachel Dratch
#4. He seems like a good guy, but we need to focus on finding Nia's killer, and then finish the theater. We don't have time for distractions. No men."
"Yeah, yeah, I know." Mel rolled her eyes.
"Inspiration before intercourse."
Callie chuckled. "I should put that on a T-shirt.
Lisa Kessler
#5. She drew me. But not who I see in the mirror. Nia saw the Oscar i keep hidden. And she put him on paper.
Nobody sees the real me.
Pam Bachorz
#6. You want us to attack the NIA agents with frozen meat?" Digger asked, his voice trembling and his teeth chattering. He snickered. "Literally hit them over the head with our big meatsacks?
Abigail Roux
#7. And that said it all. Whitney, Nia, and I only lacked a blood connection. Born in the same year, in the Gemini month, and only days apart, plus
L.J. Charles
#8. I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.
Nia Vardalos
#9. There are black men who are madly in love with white women. God bless them, if that's what works for them. I just hope that we can strike a balance that portrays black folks and the black family in a light that's not extreme. Those are the types of characters that I find myself attracted to.
Nia Long
#10. To put it in layman's terms, crazy is crazy. And crazy will find a way to do something crazy. Racist is racist. And racist people will find a way to project their racism onto the world.
Nia Long
#11. I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. As a nursing mother, I couldn't sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.
Nia Long
#12. My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted.
Nia Vardalos
#13. What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire.
Nia Vardalos
#14. You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way.
Nia Vardalos
#15. 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.
Nia Vardalos
#16. Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it.
Nia Vardalos
#17. There's no way around grief. You have to go through it. You have to cry it out of your body, then wade through your own tears to the other side. Where there is cake. Moist cake. Have a piece. It will make you feel better. Have a second piece. Lick your fingers. You will feel better. I promise.
Nia Vardalos
#18. You can try to distract me with your kisses, sir, but I will come through with the goods in the end.
Leanne Hall
#19. 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.
Nia Vardalos
#20. My priorities are really about creating balance in my home, making sure that I have enough time with my kids, making sure that I have the time to do the things that I want to do with my career, and to continue to make movies.
Nia Long
#21. In terms of Cube I think he's very conscious of the technical aspect of the business whereas when you're just hired as an actor, you're not really secure in that part of your work and you're not really paying attention to where the camera.
Nia Long
#22. Directing music videos is all about capturing images.
Nia Long
#23. I do think gun control is important. I am a supporter of gun control.
Nia Long
#24. I think that if something matters to you, and is important to you, then you give it the attention and energy it deserves. So, I don't look upon it as a price, but as an opportunity to influence the community in a healthy way.
Nia Long
#25. You're not ethnic enough. You're not fat enough. You're not thin enough. You're not blond enough. You're not dark enough. You're not young enough. You're not old enough.
Nia Vardalos
#26. I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling because for them it's as serious as when something happens in our day and we get upset about it.
Nia Long
#27. If you come any closer Dal'las I will be forced to tie you to our bedja until we are done with our discussion." "Hmm, I've been meaning to suggest a little rope play in our sex life," she practically purred, truly finding the idea exciting.
Nia K. Foxx
#28. Good shoes and a good scent make the perfect day.
Nia Long
#29. They have the big ferris wheel and we've been out of town for two months, so he just was like, 'Mommy I want to go to Toys R Us and I don't care if you have a movie coming out and all that.' He was just being a kid. But I had to allow him to have that moment.
Nia Long
#30. I do recommend it for all girls, and boys, out there: put on a pair of fishnet stockings and find your inner sexiness!
Nia Vardalos
#31. Life is a moving, breathing thing. We have to be willing to constantly evolve. Perfection is constant transformation.
Nia Peeples
#32. I'm also working on another independent film called Roxanne, Roxanne, about Roxanne Shante, who was one of the first African American battle rappers from Brooklyn. It is produced by Forest Whitaker and Pharrell [williams], so I'm really in great hands.
Nia Long
#33. I know where I'm going to be, I'm not traveling here and there and everywhere. That didn't necessarily prompt me to it but it definitely opened up my mind of saying okay, maybe this is a good time to do this.
Nia Long
#34. His voice was made of icy winter winds, concrete, and vodka.
Nia Wilson
#35. I want to raise my children in a safe country. I want to help the children in the world who do not feel safe. I know what it feels like to feel unsafe. We need to do way better. Our country needs to do better.
Nia Long
#36. We're all in the service business. If you hire me to do a job I expect everybody else to be where I am. A little bit of crazy is good. It keeps things - balanced.
Nia Long
#37. Brendan's not the guy you use to figure your shit out, Brendan's the guy you hope you get once you have figured your shit out.
Nia Forrester
#38. I'm not going to live my life unhappy and why should he and we talk about it and I think what's great about the film is that it shows is the meaning of family doesn't have to be as traditional as it once was, like you can make a family.
Nia Long
#39. He just was being four. He just was being a child. He wasn't interested in what my agenda was. He wanted to do what he wanted to do and it started because he saw the lights on in Toys R Us.
Nia Long
#40. It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine.
Nia Long
#41. I try to do the same thing when I'm with young actors who are new and unsure. I try to do the same thing for them that I saw Laurence [Fishburne] and Angela [Dasset]do for all of us on Boyz n the Hood.
Nia Long
#42. Sometimes I catch glimpses,
through the windows,
through the glass,
life rushing,
whirling,
past.
Nia Wyn
#43. First of all when you're a mommy like you like the consistency of being on a show like that's just peace of mind, I know I have financial, you know stability.
Nia Long
#44. I'm more of a short-hair girl; short hair is a lot more low-maintenance than long hair. And when you're in front of camera every day and your hair is being flatironed and blow-dried it's easier to have a weave so you don't damage your own hair.
Nia Long
#45. Because now I know what I have been waiting for. I know exactly why the other processes didn't work. I know I was supposed to wait for this little girl.
Nia Vardalos
#46. As long as the acting is good, I can appreciate it.
Nia Long
#47. You need to wear this. Amelia holds up a chunky silver necklace studded with gemstones.
I can't help scrunching up my face. It's one fugly piece of bling.
Leanne Hall
#48. I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.
Nia Vardalos
#49. I attribute my talent and my success to God, but I believe that the only way you can manifest what He has ordained for you is by being close to Him and by making it happen. But we have to stay close to Him in order to be an image of Him.
Nia Long
#50. You have to love yourself. That's the single most powerful thing. Out of that springs: How are you eating? How are you exercising? How are you resting?
Nia Peeples
#51. If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. She is, in every way my daughter.
Nia Vardalos
#52. Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."
Nia Long
#53. Now that I'm experiencing motherhood, I'm ready to write the next chapter of my family story. Of course a few jaded folks in the press corps will claim I ran out of money or just want to kiss John Corbett again. One of these things is true.
Nia Vardalos
#54. I relate to [women and children in women's shelters] on a personal level because I've been there myself.
Nia Sanchez
#55. Everything happens for a reason. Failure is not an excuse to live in the past, to stay stuck in one place. Everyone has a chance to turn regret into a lesson. Turn lessons into growth. And be successful.
Nia Arthurs
#56. I know for me like I have a reputation of being kind of tough, I have a reputation of also being the girl next door, kind of sweet but I have standards and my thing is, it's me on that screen and I don't have control over everything in this and I'm grateful and thankful.
Nia Long
#57. Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it's incredible and surprising.
Nia Vardalos
#58. On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett.
Nia Vardalos
#59. I'm so proud to bring the title of Miss USA back to Nevada.
Nia Sanchez
#60. I think it's a beautiful thing when you wear a uniform or a garb which represents a group of people, because what it immediately symbolizes is oneness, togetherness.
Nia Long
#61. I will say that I appreciate Hillary Clinton's awareness and passion for women. I think she is overqualified in the sense that she's been in the White House, so she knows the drill. I am hopeful that she will continue to support minorities and create better opportunities.
Nia Long
#62. With women, the way they look ... it's the core of their self-esteem.
Nia Peeples
#63. So much of parenting is following your instincts, and taking the time to actually know your child.
Nia Long
#64. I've had a relationship, a good relationship, with MTV for a long time, and I'd like to maintain that.
Nia Peeples
#65. I can tell you it makes a big difference to have a director who is collaborative. What motivates a character in my mind could be completely different from what the director's thinking. You have to have those conversations ahead of time and throughout the process. It affects the performance.
Nia Long
#66. Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I'm not a brave person - I'm more of a fearless idiot.
Nia Vardalos
#67. I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.
Nia Long
#68. Health and beauty is not just about what you apply. If you don't have it together on the inside, then nothing else is going to matter.
Nia Peeples
#69. I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently.
Nia Long
#70. Collaboration is necessary for making great art. Everybody has a perspective on what they think or feel the material should ultimately look like when it hits the screen.
Nia Long
#71. I know how to make other women look beautiful: from hair to makeup to wardrobe. So, I feel that I have a gift with imaging, and that's kind of fundamental to the music video process.
Nia Long
#72. I think every family has that moment when the parents realize they need help and think, Oh my gosh. We cannot do this all alone. Every woman has that panic at some point in motherhood when you feel completely overwhelmed and constantly tired.
Nia Long
#73. When I was younger, before I was married and had children, I really was nit-picky, a perfectionist. I was very much into different people's approval. I had too much time on my hands, I think.
Nia Peeples
#74. I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.
Nia Vardalos
#75. I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love.
Nia Vardalos
#76. You're good for me," I say. "The light to my shade."
"Then you're the night to my day. A person needs both, you know.
Leanne Hall
#77. I think more awareness is very important so women can learn how to protect themselves. As a fourth-degree black-belt, I learned from a young age that you need to be confident and be able to defend yourself, and that's something that we should start to implement for a lot of women.
Nia Sanchez
#78. I took a little break - I was coming back to work and the last thing I was going to do was take a step backwards, so I knew that if I was going to take a feature it was going to have to be taking a step forward.
Nia Long
#79. I have been in situations where actors are treated like robots: say the lines, say it like this, we don't have time for conversations. That is a terrible position to be in as an artist. You feel used.
Nia Long
#80. So I think if we'd just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.
Nia Long
#81. When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic.
Nia Vardalos
#82. I have a beautiful son, I don't regret it, I'm very proud of the way that we handle our relationship and the way that we keep our son first and that's our priority.
Nia Long
#83. Life's a beach. Just roll with it.
Nia
#85. On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.
Nia Vardalos
#86. I think there are a lot of other actors that are just talented, it's just about this opportunity - it's just about when are we going to be put in those positions where we can shine.
Nia Long
#87. And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.
Nia Vardalos
#88. Weave sex is a little awkward.
Nia Long
#89. I want to have conversations, because they give you confidence in your choices. I learned it first on Boyz n the Hood, but it is not a race-based experience - it is part of the artistic process.
Nia Long
#90. It took a long time to get that film made. I went in for it almost right after or like maybe six or seven months after I had my son and actually auditioned for the Regina King part and they just were like, 'No, you're just - you just don't really seem the part.'
Nia Long
#91. The minute your child is born, your life is changed forever. I think I've become so aware of how important balance is in life.
Nia Long
#92. Whatever fantasy I had in my head of what Wolfboy looks like, it's now clear I haven't been fantasising hard enough, not nearly.
Leanne Hall
#93. It would certainly would be great to see more films featuring the black family and showing that we are capable of having that unit strong and present and beautiful, because that's so much of who we really are.
Nia Long
#94. I am not supporting Donald Trump. I think he does this country such a disservice. And I'm gonna leave it there.
Nia Long
#95. It's my motor, it's the thing that keeps me going and so when I have these auditions for these big movies, I can depend on myself because I've been working consistently.
Nia Long
#96. I would rather be called funny than pretty.
Nia Vardalos
#97. The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.
Nia Vardalos
#98. I've always been raised to love everyone, to accept everyone for their differences, and to just be open. But at a young, a very young age, I realized what racism was all about.
Nia Long
#99. I'm so excited [to be Miss USA]. It's a dream come true.
Nia Sanchez
#100. I believe everyone should have the freedom to represent what they believe-in in their own way.
Nia Long
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