“There are benefits to adopting a toddler. They can tell you what's wrong. And - …” — Nia Vardalos

The candid and honest and pure heartedness of children has strengthened my views that we are all equal and should be afforded the basic human rights that we all deserve.

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.

America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to all of us.

I think there is a moment in every parent's life where we realize that we have lost ourselves a little bit. It's a moment of looking in the mirror and going, 'I need to put on some lipstick.'