MERRITT WEVER

Saying good-bye on 'Nurse Jackie' was a really big deal, so I'm sure I was keeping myself guarded from ever having to feel anything like that again on another job, especially a death scene.

Theater has always been terrifying to me.

I grew up in New York, and I grew up with a mother who was an arts lover herself, and I went to these New York City public schools with these great arts education programs, so it was something that I was lucky enough to be able to be exposed to very early.

I have to do some mental gymnastics as an actor sometimes, to remember not to let certain things in.

I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas.

It's always nice to be able to play different things.

I remember always feeling lucky with Zoey on 'Nurse Jackie' that... she was new at the very beginning. So that gave her everywhere to go.

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

I've seen every episode of 'Sopranos.'

Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days.

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.

I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas.

I do think there are trends in your life once you've been auditioning long enough. I was the angry teenager and then the sweet victim.

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

I think when you're on a show that takes place in N.Y.C. but film it in L.A. there is just a vibe that feels wrong.

I wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

Theater has always been terrifying to me.

I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department. From there, I went to a performing arts high school in New York City called Laguardia and I just kind of fell into the professional side by happenstance.

I am determined and resigned to being self-conscious.

Saying good-bye on 'Nurse Jackie' was a really big deal, so I'm sure I was keeping myself guarded from ever having to feel anything like that again on another job, especially a death scene.

I have to do some mental gymnastics as an actor sometimes, to remember not to let certain things in.

I grew up in New York, and I grew up with a mother who was an arts lover herself, and I went to these New York City public schools with these great arts education programs, so it was something that I was lucky enough to be able to be exposed to very early.

Casting directors are like these fairy godmother witches.

I remember always feeling lucky with Zoey on 'Nurse Jackie' that... she was new at the very beginning. So that gave her everywhere to go.

I never saw the premise as 'Godless' is the story of a town full of women. I always saw 'Godless' as being made up of a lot of intersecting, related stories that literally meet in the final episode.

It's always nice to be thought of and asked to do anything, let alone something different.

You want to work on something that people watch and that people like.

Nothing beats a good part with good writers that you get to come back to year after year.

There's a lot to be said for getting really comfortable in a character.

I've seen every episode of 'Sopranos.'

It's always nice to be able to play different things.

I'm always trying to memorize lines, whether I understand them or not.

I think that I do my best work when I'm most comfortable.