I'm always trying to memorize lines, whether I understand them or not.
— Merritt Wever
It's always nice to be thought of and asked to do anything, let alone something different.
I have to do some mental gymnastics as an actor sometimes, to remember not to let certain things in.
It's always nice to be able to play different things.
I think that I do my best work when I'm most comfortable.
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.
Theater has always been terrifying to me.
Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.
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.
You want to work on something that people watch and that people like.
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.
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.
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.
There's a lot to be said for getting really comfortable in a character.
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.
I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.
I've seen every episode of 'Sopranos.'
Casting directors are like these fairy godmother witches.
I am determined and resigned to being self-conscious.
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.
Nothing beats a good part with good writers that you get to come back to year after year.
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 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 wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.
