Aunt Voula: You family now, so I tell you a story. All my life ... I have this lump on the back of my neck. When I reach the menopause, the lump get bigger. I go to the doctor, and he performs a ... bo-bo-bobopsy. And inside the lump, he finds teeth, and a spinal column. The lump ... it was my twin. (Ian's parents are horrified. Voula grabs a drink and toasts.) Aunt Voula: Ohpah!!
Harriet: How are we supposed to know what's going on? Rodney: It's all Greek to me.
Toula: When I was growing up, I knew I was different. The other girls were blonde and delicate, and I was a swarthy six-year-old with sideburns.
Nick: I've never seen my sister this happy, Ian. If you hurt her, I'll kill you and make it look like an accident.
Maria: What's wrong with Toula going to school downtown? Gus: There are drugs downtown. Maria: (angry) Are you saying Toula will get involved in drugs?! Gus: No. Somebody will say to her "Take this bag to the bus depot", and she'll do it!
Maria: Nikko! Don't play with food! When I was your age, I didn't have food!
Aunt Voula: What do you mean he don't eat no meat!!? ... That's ok. I make lamb.
Maria: Toula, on my wedding night, my mother, she said to me, "Greek women, we may be lambs in the kitchen, but we are tigers in the bedroom. Toula: Ew! Please let that be the end of your speech.
Aunt Voula: Oh. Woe to me. Business is bad.
Gus: Last night, my toe was as big as my face!
Maria: The man is the head of the house, but the woman is the neck; she can turn the head any way she wants.
The film was still running in several theaters after its initial video release.
In the fall of 2002, it surpassed 'Dances with Wolves' as the highest grossing movie never to have hit number one at the box office.
Nia Vardalos' real life husband, Ian Gomez, plays Ian's best friend, Mike.
Weird, no one has discussed My Big Fat Greek Life yet.
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