Top 42 Quotes & Sayings by Maura Tierney

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Last updated on November 25, 2024.

Maura Therese Tierney is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on the sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), Abby Lockhart on the medical drama ER (1999–2009), and Helen Solloway on the mystery drama The Affair (2014–2019), the last of which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

American - Actress | Born: February 3, 1965

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I grew up in Boston, and we'd have every Thanksgiving at my parents' house there.

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I felt intimidated the entire time I was in school by my teachers and classmates. But I just knew acting was something I wanted to do.

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I love Martin Amis.

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I just think there is a part of your brain that is supposed to be afraid of getting old, even if you're not really.

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I did a lot of sitcoms, and being funny isn't about being beautiful. Usually, beautiful people aren't the funny people.

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I don't have much patience with sick people.

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I was on network TV for about 15 years or so, which I loved.

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I'm not really the nurturer type.

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I'm sure my desire to perform came, in part, from being around politics as a kid. My dad had a big personality, and a lot of the people involved in Boston politics have big personalities, so there were all kinds of wacky people around.

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I wish I had a little more joy of cooking - because mostly I have anxiety of cooking. I'm so proud when things come out well.

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I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.

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Unfortunately in life, justice is not always achieved.

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My answer to a lot of things is to go to work. That's not everybody's answer.

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I went to 'Godspell' when I was 10 - my mother took me, and that was the first play I ever saw. That was it for me.

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After 'NewsRadio,' I did say to my agent, 'If I get another TV show, I'd want to do a drama.' Then I got offered the part on 'ER,' and I was on that show for eight years.

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I sold muffler parts over the phone when I was a teenager.

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With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

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Rejection happens, and you have to have a thick skin about it, which is hard. You can't be overly sensitive about people not picking you.

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What I look for in theater, I really like new work, and I really like the concept of age not necessarily being a defining aspect of who you are or how you act.

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Everyone in my family has seen me cry before.

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My dad was a theatrical guy. He wore a scuba suit one time because he said so-and-so was in the tank with the mayor. He didn't really care what people thought, so he was able to put himself out there. He didn't have a lot of shame, in a good way.

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I always acted in high school. Actually, I started in preschool. I was in a play about Jesus. I went to a Catholic school and played an angel and recited some poem about Jesus. It felt so long to me at the time.

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I think infidelity is difficult, monogamy is difficult, and marriage is difficult.

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What appealed to me was that the focus of 'North Atlantic' was more about performance rather than emoting, because I was at a point in life where it was nice not to have to emote all over the place.

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I was a dance major at NYU, but it wasn't working out. I had friends in the drama department, so I switched.

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I get really nervous, really anxious.

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The charity that I work for is the Johnson Cancer Research Foundation at UCLA. I also do work with Stand Up To Cancer.

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I've been misquoted a lot, and there's this tendency for people to put on to you how they think you should be or what they think you should feel.

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Poaching is a very complicated, multi-layered problem.

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Being bald is no fun.

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You can't just take care of everybody else all the time.

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It's a life-changing thing to be in a position of needing help and being so lucky as to get it.

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'The Whole Truth' was a mistake.

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Even in comedy, I'm always the straight guy, which is okay because that's a skill. But it would be nice to get out of that box.

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I worry about everything, which is silly because there's very little you can control anyway.

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I say I'm not a control freak and I don't like to be in charge. But on the other hand, I really don't like anyone telling me what to do. I have some authority issues.

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In a man, I like funny guys. A guy who doesn't have a lot of therapy, who's mature. A man, not a boy.

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I'm dating somebody. I am enjoying it very much, and having a really nice time at the moment. I'm very happy.

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I really wanted to be a dancer, but I just wasn't good enough to do that so that didn't happen.

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I remember just how afraid I was. I was just as much afraid of the treatment as the diagnosis. So I thought I could talk about it in an authentic way.

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I have so many insecurities they fight for prominence.

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When I was going through my cancer treatment, I learned that you can never ask a stupid question. I asked every single question that came to my mind, and I believe that helped to calm my own anxiety.

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Top 42 Quotes & Sayings by Maura Tierney

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