A biography for Maura Tierneyhasn’t been written yet.
“It's a life-changing thing to be in a position of needing help and being so lucky as to get it.”
“I grew up in Boston, and we'd have every Thanksgiving at my parents' house there.”
“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.”
“I don't have much patience with sick people.”
“I think infidelity is difficult, monogamy is difficult, and marriage is difficult.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Being bald is no fun.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I get really nervous, really anxious.”
“I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I was on network TV for about 15 years or so, which I loved.”
“I worry about everything, which is silly because there's very little you can control anyway.”