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Nia Vardalos 'Shoots for the Stars'
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New film based on popular doll line
- Duration 3:35
- Date Jun 25, 2012
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I've seen my big fat Greek wedding and now our next guest is embracing a new role in her professional and personal life boy was at a -- nearby Dallas plays a mom and the new movies out on dvd now an American girl.
-- -- shoot for the stars.
We're a giant.
Hi Oscar nominated actress in McDonald's right now look don't beg -- it's great to be years say hello to -- Brandon.
My daughter's my -- -- my -- and now I year old daughters are so I'd love an American girl dolls.
So tell us in the plot in the movie plots you help -- -- the real live the doha.
Now who wants.
-- of course but can't because she suffered her schoolwork yes actually that's I -- about the American -- movies they are so -- -- exactly what we all go through that McKenna is a gymnast and she also is not doing well in her school work so her mom and dad have to step band.
And it looks nothing -- out of the ordinary happens in these movies you know nobody shoots from a cannon to -- She just actually have to get a tutor.
-- -- As the politics and she has brought along a clip this is where you explain to your daughter it's okay to ask for house and me let's watch.
I -- I can do it all on my own.
People -- for the twins take you practice.
The home to make dinner.
It's gonna -- -- something.
-- Looking around with needing them up.
-- -- -- -- If they -- -- so timely that you're playing a mom in that movie because you have had your own Odyssey towards motherhood.
And you have adopted a little girl yes this is my first mom -- and my daughter actually doesn't really care what I do for a living which is annoying.
That's like somebody is not exactly but then when I told him that I was -- it to the American girl -- I wish I could've had a camera -- -- -- Just -- not so this might be one that she actually sees the dvd comes out July 3 which is great because I'm gonna play it and maybe July -- does happen a lot.
Great you are famous for writing and and starring in might.
It's a high fat fat Greek wedding -- its allotment.
So now you're gonna write your memoir and you're gonna dedicate.
A big chunk of it -- about.
The process of adopting a child and you're worried about how much to reveal.
And that is exactly right because I usually make fun of my family for fun in profits and and in all my movies I've written for screenplays and I always well taken on locals -- telling twisted and Elvis -- and destroy the regret ever having a consultant to I get away -- I can't -- craziest thing.
Primary end -- like it's you but.
Yet more heartfelt is not true and I'm very nervous writing this book it's called instant mom and it's being published by harpercollins next year and it really is about all my experiences on.
From -- making movies like taking my daughter to the American girls act and also.
Her driving by and seeing the billboard for Larry crown that I brought with Tom Hanks and all the -- -- that have.
-- been foisted upon her we adopted her when she's three years old from American Foster care.
So it's been.
Only a couple of years of -- this instant mom that I became and yeah I'm gonna write about and it's very scary to do you -- that's true thank you saints that's fantastic speech CNN.
It doesn't get a statement it's going to be I actually ask your -- into it -- -- -- -- get to choose the stories.
They and I -- -- -- -- Arnold did thanks so much for coming thank you for having me we can't seats for the stars you know there's you -- it was.