American - Actress | February 3, 1965 -
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.
Maura Tierney
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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 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 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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'The Whole Truth' was a mistake.
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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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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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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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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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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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I grew up in Boston, and we'd have every Thanksgiving at my parents' house there.
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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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