Merritt Wever

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.

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

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

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

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