Screenwriter NIA VARDALOS: Tricks of the Trade

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Uploaded by on Aug 9, 2008

Nia Vardalos took her one-woman play about the pitfalls of interracial marriage and turned it into her noteworthy debut screenplay for "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". The film was a tremendous hit, becoming the highest-grossing independent feature and made Vardalos an overnight success, earning her nominations for Best Original Screenplay WGA and Academy Awards. The Canada native also wrote and starred in the 2004 comedy "Connie and Carla" and is currently penning an adaptation to the Laura Zigman novel "Piece of Work". In this candid and whimsical interview, she talks about how her experiences in the Second City comedy troupe helped her as an actress and a screenwriter, and how the unofficial "tell-the-Greek" word-of-mouth program had a hand in catapulting her movie to such great heights.

This video is an excerpt from the full interview, available on DVD at TheDialogueSeries.com .

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  • Love her shes so funny and endearing

  • See your favorite funny Greek girl Nia Vardalos, Rachel Dratch and more celebs talk about My Life In Ruins at the Tribeca Film Festival 2009!

    Youtube [dot] com/watch?v=GDfHgMVus0w

  • thanx 4all the snippets

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