Quotes by Maura Tierney - Page 1

Being bald is no fun.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Bald
Fun Being No Fun
No Fun
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I'm not really the nurturer type.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
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I get really nervous, really anxious.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Anxious
Nervous
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I've been doing dramas for a long time.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Time Long Doing
Dramas
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I don't have much patience with sick people.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
People
Sick
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Everyone in my family has seen me cry before.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Cry
My Family
Family Me Everyone
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I have so many insecurities they fight for prominence.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Fighting
Insecurity
Prominence
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Unfortunately in life, justice is not always achieved.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Achieved
Unfortunately
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You can't just take care of everybody else all the time.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Care
Take Care
Everybody Else
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I sold muffler parts over the phone when I was a teenager.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Sold
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I was on network TV for about 15 years or so, which I loved.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Network
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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 grew up in Boston, and we'd have every Thanksgiving at my parents' house there.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Thanksgiving
Boston
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I think infidelity is difficult, monogamy is difficult, and marriage is difficult.
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Infidelity
Monogamy
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I worry about everything, which is silly because there's very little you can control anyway.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Silly
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Inspiring
Life
Life Changing
Lucky
Needing
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Dancer
Good Enough
Wanted
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Focus
Moments
Span
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Men
Boys
Guy
Mature
Therapy
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Dance
Department
Drama
Nyu
Working
Major
Switched
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Dating
Moments
Nice
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Getting Old
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Charity
Foundation
Johnson
Ucla
Stand Up
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Beautiful People
Being Beautiful
Funny People
Sitcoms
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Anxiety
Cooking
Joy
Mostly
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Be Nice
Skill
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Classmates
Intimidated
Entire Time
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Rejection
Sensitive
Thick
Thick Skin
Overly
Picking
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
People
Should
Thinking
People Feel How
Misquoted
Tendency
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Diagnosis
Remember
Way
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Independence
Framework
Collaborative
Medium
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Aspect
Defining
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Authority
Control Freak
Freak
Charge
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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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Agent
Offered
Tv Show
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Emote
Life Focus Me
Appealed
Atlantic
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Believe
Cancer
Stupid
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Catholic
Catholic School
Preschool
Acted
Poem
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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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Boston
Wacky
Personalities
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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.
Maura Tierney / Film Actress
Good Way
One Time
Scuba
Theatrical
Time Good Dad
Mayor
Suit
Tank
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