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. — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
I was a dance major at NYU, but it wasn't working out. I had friends in the drama department, so I switched. — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
I'm dating somebody. I am enjoying it very much, and having a really nice time at the moment. I'm very happy. — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
I worry about everything, which is silly because there's very little you can control anyway. — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
I felt intimidated the entire time I was in school by my teachers and classmates. But I just knew acting was something I wanted… — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
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… — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
What appealed to me was that the focus of 'North Atlantic' was more about performance rather than emoting, because I was at a point… — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
I really wanted to be a dancer, but I just wasn't good enough to do that so that didn't happen. — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
I grew up in Boston, and we'd have every Thanksgiving at my parents' house there. — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
My answer to a lot of things is to go to work. That's not everybody's answer. — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
When I was going through my cancer treatment, I learned that you can never ask a stupid question. I asked every single question that… — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
I went to 'Godspell' when I was 10 - my mother took me, and that was the first play I ever saw. That was… — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
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… — Maura Tierney Copy Share Image
