We live in an unsafe world.

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.

Sometimes I'm surprised when someone who has achieved success is incredibly Machiavellian in their manipulations. So, while I want to believe it's integrity, that might just show how naïve I am. I sometimes worry that I might not be shrewd enough to maneuver myself through the Hollywood system.

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.

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.

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted.

Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal.