“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” quotes

(2002)
Movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Title My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Year 2002
Director Joel Zwick
Genre Comedy, Romance, Family
Plot – The Portokalos family is worried about Toula, the thirty-year-old daughter who's still unmarried. She works as a waitress in her parent's greek restaurant and her life is pretty flat indeed. When her parents propose her to come back to Greece to find a husband, she reacts and changes her look, enrolling in a computer school and working in her aunt's travel agency, despite the opposition of her outdated father. Then she meets the charming teacher Ian Miller, who asks her out on a date. They fall in love soon and Ian proposes her, but he has to deal with her parents and the whole family.
All actors – Nia Vardalos, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis, Kaylee Vieira, John Kalangis, Lainie Kazan, Marita Zouravlioff, Sarah Osman, Petra Wildgoose, Melissa Todd, Bess Meisler, Andrea Martin, Louis Mandylor, Gerry Mendicino, Stavroula Logothettis, Constantine Tsapralis, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone, John Corbett, Ian Gomez, Jayne Eastwood, Frank Falcone, Eugene Martel, Joe Persechini, Peter Xynnis, Fiona Reid, Bruce Gray, Anthony Kandiotis, Nick Kutsukos, Peter Tharos, Chrissy Paraskevopoulos, Maria Vacratsis, Kathryn Haggis, Gale Garnett, Charlene Bitzas, Chris Savides, Constantine Vardalos, Scott Khouri, John Tsifliklis, Peter Chalkiopoulos, Peter Gogos, Spiro Milankou, Victor Politis, Jim Rouvas, Arielle Sugarman, , Matthew Galliford, Thomas Kane, Konstantine Kurelias
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  • “- Maria Portokalos: Ian, are you hungry?
    - Ian Miller: Uh no, I already ate.
    - Maria Portokalos: Okay, I make you something.”

    Lainie Kazan - Maria Portokalos
    John Corbett - Ian Miller
  • “- Mike: Come on, let's go, I'm giving a pop quiz and I can't wait to hear the groans!
    - Ian Miller: Wow! You're mean! I give a test on Hamlet but I give fair warning!”

    Ian Gomez - Mike
    John Corbett - Ian Miller
  • “If nagging was an Olympic sport, my Aunt Voula would have a gold medal.”
    Nia Vardalos - Toula Portokalos
     
  • “- Athena: I'm going to the Jewel. Listen, I'll get you some pantyhose.
    - Maria Portokalos: No queen size. They make me look fat.”

    Stavroula Logothettis - Athena
    Lainie Kazan - Maria Portokalos
  • “What is going on? Mr. Pottery class... nice to meet ya.”
    Gia Carides - Nikki
    [Tag:class, jest, teachers]
  • You know, the root of the word Miller is a Greek word. Miller come from the Greek word "milo," which is mean "apple," so there you go. As many of you know, our name, Portokalos, is come from the Greek word "portokali," which mean "orange." So, okay? Here tonight, we have, ah, apple and orange. We all different, but in the end, we all fruit.
    Michael Constantine - Gus Portokalos
  • “- Harriet Miller: How are we supposed to know what's going on?
    - Rodney Miller: It's all Greek to me.”

    Fiona Reid - Harriet Miller
    Bruce Gray - Rodney Miller
  • “- Toula Portokalos: I love him, Ma.
    - Maria Portokalos: Oh Toula, eat something!”

    Nia Vardalos - Toula Portokalos
    Lainie Kazan - Maria Portokalos
  • “Nice Greek girls who don't find a husband, work in the family restaurant. So here I am, day after day, year after year, thirty and way past my expiration date.”
    Nia Vardalos - Toula Portokalos
  • “- Gus Portokalos: You better get married soon. You're starting to look... old!
    - Toula Portokalos [narrating]: He's been telling me this ever since I was 15.”

    Michael Constantine - Gus Portokalos
    Nia Vardalos - Toula Portokalos
    [Tag:age, aging, marriage]
  • “- Aunt Voula: Nikki, how come you no come to curler my hairs this morning?
    - Nikki: Ma! I had to drop Dimos at work. And now, I gotta go open the travel agency, because, you know, some jag-off and his big-ass girlfriend are too busy.
    - Angelo: Ma! Tell her I open up the dry cleaners every day, and I think it's about time she did something for a...” (continue)
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    Andrea Martin - Aunt Voula
    Gia Carides - Nikki
    Joey Fatone - Angelo
  • “Put some Windex.”

    Michael Constantine - Gus Portokalos
    [Tag:advice, ideas]
  • “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.”
    Nia Vardalos - Toula Portokalos
  • “My dad believed in two things: that Greeks should educate non Greeks about being Greek and every ailment from psoriasis to poison ivy can be cured with Windex.”
    Nia Vardalos - Toula Portokalos
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