Kakaknya Nia Quotes

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

Life's a beach. Just roll with it. ~ Nia

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

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

You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like we depend on writers, we depend on producers, directors depend on us and once things are in the divine order as they happen. ~ Nia Long

No, Robyn was the one who needed to fly. And his challenge, his torture, would be always remembering to let her do it. ~ Nia Forrester

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

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

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

You met Sheryl. She stays bent out of shape. That's her resting state--bent-out-of-shape, pissed-off and all-kinds-of-crazy. Pick any one of those. That's Sheryl on a good day. ~ Nia Forrester

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

I think our skin clears up and we're nicer when you are in love. ~ Nia Vardalos

I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development. ~ Nia Long

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

I believe everyone should have the freedom to represent what they believe-in in their own way. ~ Nia Long

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

Let's run, Ty. Come with me. We'll bury ourselves and start over. With nothing to do but lie on a beach all day and drink and fuck."
Ty couldn't answer, still torn between shock and anger. "Yeah," he finally sneered. "Drink and fuck and run from the NIA."
"You bloody stubborn bastard!" Liam shouted, his façade finally cracking. "I'm telling you right here, I love you! We have a chance to cut and run, and I want you to come with me! ~ Abigail Roux

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

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

She puts her hand forward. "Come on, let's do a yay team!"
Blake immediately puts her hand on top of Nia's.
"I'm not doing that," I say.
"Wolfie, do not deny us this simple pleasure. C'mon."
I roll my eyes and put my hand on top of theirs.
"Yay team!" Squeals Blake. And she's supposed to be the sensible one. ~ Leanne Hall

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

I was happy she got it and I have to sort of - and one of the reasons I did Third Watch is because I wanted to break that thing of just being the pretty girl and play it down and let it be about the work. ~ Nia Long

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

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

I'm glad we're sitting here now. Even if it does smell like a grandma convention. ~ Leanne Hall

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

I relate to [women and children in women's shelters] on a personal level because I've been there myself. ~ Nia Sanchez

But I don't want to be the Throne Warden," Janner said with all the bitterness he could muster.
"I understand," Nia said. Janner had planned to send her over the edge with that comment, but she didn't seem surprised.
"Sometimes I don't want to be queen. But what I want doesn't change what I am. ~ Andrew Peterson

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

Across the room, Nia said with a smirk, "Look at Tinkerbell going all mama-bear."
Hope snapped, "Oh, shove the Tinkerbell crap up your ass."
For about two seconds, Nia just stared at her. Then she started to laugh. ~ Shiloh Walker

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

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

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

Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No." ~ Nia Long

I believe that whatever your religious preference, there has to be a commitment to family because everything really does start there. ~ Nia Long

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

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