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Maura Tierney, Abby Lockhart on America's No. 1 drama,
'ER,' joined AOL Live to chat about the new season,
Abby's relationship with John Carter and much more. See
what she had to say below!
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transcript...
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LIVEBronwyn: Hello, everyone. Are you
ready for Maura? I know I am! Send in your comments and
questions for her.
LIVEBronwyn: She should be here soon. Keep sending in
your comments and questions. ;) Sorry, guys, Maura is
running late. But don't leave, she WILL BE HERE. Wanna
take a poll while you are waiting? I do. ;) Do you think
this should be 'ER's last season? Take the poll NOW!
LIVEBronwyn: AW, you guys LOVE the show! Eighty-seven
percent of you say NO! I agree. I love ‘ER.’ When people
leave, I get sad and say it won't be the same, but
somehow I stay captivated. Keep sending me your comments
and questions. She should be here soon. ;)
LIVEBronwyn: Maura! I am so excited that you are here
with us. Our members cannot wait to get the chance to
ask you questions. Wow, I can't believe the new season
starts tonight. Are you excited that it is beginning
again?
Maura Tierney: Sorry I'm late.
LIVEBronwyn: LIMEbaskingLIGHT gets the honors of the
first question:
Question: Hey, Maura, what can we expect to see this
season regarding Carter and Abby's relationship?
Maura Tierney: We are now shooting I think it's the
seventh episode, and Carter and Abby -- so far, so good.
After basically kind of a season and a half of buildup
for this thing, we're kind of into it now. It's really
kind of fun, and I don't exactly know what they have in
store for us.
LIVEBronwyn: That was truly a grueling buildup, by the
way. McAddr wants to know...
Maura Tierney: For a third of the season, Carter and
Abby are having a good time.
Question: Abby's relationship with Carter seems so
relaxed and happy, in contrast to the other
relationships we've seen her have. Do you find it's more
challenging to play Abby happy in love, or Abby
miserable?
Maura Tierney: First, I'm so happy that you noticed
that, but I made a conscious choice to make Abby happy
with Carter. I think the character has been so unhappy,
I think with him I wanted it to be different. It's a
little more challenging to play Abby happy.
LIVEBronwyn: LuvMySmile19 wants to say:
Question: WE LOVE
YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maura Tierney: It's fun.
LIVEBronwyn: :) QBee27 asks:
Question: Did you have to take any medical lessons or
classes to help your role?
Maura Tierney: I did go to a hospital to observe, and
there's always a real ER doc on set with us. Any medical
procedure we do, the real doctor spends a lot of time
showing us what we are pretending to be doing, what it
means, the correct procedure. I'm always learning,
basically.
LIVEBronwyn: Wow, someone overseeing -- always on your
toes! LAcloverstar wants to know:
Question: Maura, you're my favorite actress ever! Do
you have any movies or extra projects lined up this
year?
Maura Tierney: I don't. I didn't work this summer.
Usually I work on my hiatus, but this time I didn't. So
it's all ’ER.’ :)
LIVEBronwyn: BeBeGiRLiix0x has a great question:
Question: When you and the rest of the cast saw the
episode were Mark passed away in Hawaii, did you guys at
all get teary-eyed like the many people at home did?
Maura Tierney: We didn't watch this together, because
we were on hiatus at that point. We were finished. I
personally did cry.
LIVEBronwyn: HeavyC wants to know what the show has
been like with Mark (Anthony Edwards) gone?
Maura Tierney: It's sad for me personally, because we
are friends and I miss him. But the show -- the star of
the show, I think, is the ER, and we have just sort of
gone back to work and tried to do our jobs and tell the
story.
LIVEBronwyn: LIMEbaskingLIGHT is back with another
question:
Question: Maura, what's your *least* favorite quality
about Abby Lockhart? ~Alanna diAblo
Maura Tierney: I think she's too guarded.
LIVEBronwyn: ER27 asks:
Question: What is your biggest fear?
Maura Tierney: There's no way I'm saying that on the
Internet!
LIVEBronwyn: BabyC8ks asks:
Question: What has been your favorite episode to date?
Maura Tierney: The episode where Carter and I go to
pick up my mother when she's bottomed out in that nasty
hotel.
LIVEBronwyn: ShayPepe asks:
Question: Hey, Maura. Love your acting, but enough of
that... What has been your toughest scene to shoot on
‘ER,’ besides Mark's death?
Maura Tierney: It was my second episode on the show. I
was nervous for a lot of reasons, obviously. What had to
happen is I had to pull down some guy's pants and give
him an injection. I was so afraid I would like pull off
his underwear or expose him somehow. That was very
nerve-wracking.
LIVEBronwyn: That could almost be your biggest fear,
LOL.
Maura Tierney: It's never what you think it's going to
be. I thought I'd have so many other challenges. I
didn't think it would be about underwear.
LIVEBronwyn: BlueDiva14 asks:
Question: Maura, is it true that the show is going off
the air in 2004?
Maura Tierney: I have no idea. I want to know where you
heard that! As far as I know -- I really don't know
anything about that.
LIVEBronwyn: CrZyFlYiNgMuNkEe asks:
Question: Hi, Maura, my name is Sylvia, and you are
awesome on the show!!! I just wanted to know what it’s
like to work side by side with excellent actors and
actresses like yourself. Do you miss George and
Anthony??? WE DO!!!
Maura Tierney: I never worked with George, but I miss
him anyway. It's the greatest thing in the world. I love
it. I love everyone I work with. I feel very, very
lucky.
LIVEBronwyn: Andlen3 wants to know:
Question: With Sally Field reprising her role as Abby's
mother, do you think we can expect to see Abby's
motherhood issues revisited?
Maura Tierney: Yes, but as far as I know, it's going to
be a little different, because Maggie kind of has her
act together now. Those are the issues we'll be dealing
with. It's me dealing with her kind of all right.
LIVEBronwyn: JC KW fan wants to ask:
Question: Do you have any plans to direct any ‘ER’
episodes or any other projects?
Maura Tierney: NO! I personally have no desire to
direct. However, Paul McCrane, he's directing Episode 9,
and I'm really, really excited about it.
LIVEBronwyn: MrLiveGuy wants to say you are so
beautiful... and wants to know, would you ever want to
be in another movie with Jim Carrey?
Maura Tierney: Sure! He's a huge movie star. Of course!
LIVEBronwyn: N2U asks what actor has been your favorite
to work with and why?
Maura Tierney: Sally was my favorite. She's just a
wonderful woman. We have great, great guest actors on
the show, and not all of them are movie starts. Don
Cheadle is doing a guest star on our show, and he's
really great.
LIVEBronwyn: HeMan wants to know what the one gift you
wanted but have never received is.
Maura Tierney: That's really difficult. I don't know. I
feel pretty lucky.
LIVEBronwyn: OOOOH, a great question from Andlen3
again:
Question: Have you had a chance to visit any of the
sites/message boards created by your fans?
Maura Tierney: No. I get nervous to go there. My
friends tell me they are really nice -- and my parents.
LIVEBronwyn: JBrady wants to say he misses ‘NewsRadio’
and wants to know what shows from your past you would
want to revisit or that you miss.
Maura Tierney: I miss ‘NewsRadio’ too. Lately,
especially, I've been missing ’NewsRadio.’ But you can't
go back, I guess. Dave Foley is married and is having a
baby.
LIVEBronwyn: Rol0027 says:
Question: Hey, Maura Tierney, how was it working with
Phil Hartman and Dave Foley on ‘NewsRadio’?
Maura Tierney: It was great. I've been lucky to have
had the experience of working with incredibly talented
ensemble casts. At ‘NewsRadio,’ everybody was really,
really funny.
LIVEBronwyn: MWright186 wants to ask:
Question: You have wonderful chemistry with Noah Wyle.
Do you feel that chemistry when you are working with
Noah?
Maura Tierney: Yes. We get along well, and I think we
respect each other. I love acting with him. Again, I
feel really lucky.
LIVEBronwyn: Bluponychic says:
Question: Is it fun being able to work with all of your
co-stars, and do you pick up any real medical
information on the show?
Maura Tierney: Yes, it's fun. Yes, I do pick up real
medical info. I diagnosed my husband's appendicitis.
That's completely true.
LIVEBronwyn: LTEAM6 wants to know what's going to
happen tonight in the episode.
Maura Tierney: OK. It takes place three hours later
from when the last finale ended. There's still a
lockdown in the hospital. There is a really exciting
kind of shocking event that's unrelated that I think is
going to be really good. I haven't seen it yet.
LIVEBronwyn: Dirrty wants to know...
Maura Tierney: I've heard it's really good.
Question: Do the special effects on the show ever gross
you out because they are so realistic?
Maura Tierney: One, I love your name. Sometimes, yes,
they gross me out. There was an episode last season
where the trauma victim had a failed suicide attempt
with a shotgun, and the make-up department constructed
this prosthetic of a jaw unhinged off the person's face.
It was very difficult to look at.
LIVEBronwyn: Hero4U wants to know:
Question: If you were to write an ‘ER’ episode, what's
something you'd like to see Abby do?
Maura Tierney: I've been pitching Abby getting involved
with a Mormon family, except they just won't write it.
But that's something I want to do.
LIVEBronwyn: Any reason why a Mormon family?
Maura Tierney: I'm fascinated with the Mormon
tradition.
LIVEBronwyn: Swoopes488 wants to ask:
Question: Hi, what is your most memorable moment from
the show? Thanks.
Maura Tierney: We all got to go to the White House. We
had a private little tour of the West Wing. That was a
great thing that I don't think I'd ever been able to do
if I'd not been on this show.
LIVEBronwyn: Did you get to see the Oval Office? And
what did you think of it?
Maura Tierney: We did. Not only did we get to see it,
we met Betty Currie.
LIVEBronwyn: BeBop asks:
Question: Has there ever been a moment where you were
not happy playing the character of Abby?
Maura Tierney: Sure. Sometimes, creatively, there is
conflict between the writers and the actors, which I
think is healthy. But there are times I've been
frustrated. So I think that helps make the show great.
LIVEBronwyn: CleotheCat asks:
Question: What can diehard 'ER' fans expect this
season?
Maura Tierney: There's a lot of great guest actors. The
cast is really excited. I'm really ready to work hard.
The stories are good. We think it's going to be a really
good season.
LIVEBronwyn: Bolo asks:
Question: If you could meet one person in
entertainment, who would it be?
Maura Tierney: Jesus Christ.
LIVEBronwyn: SheeShee wants to know:
Question: What reality TV show are you hooked on, if
any?
Maura Tierney: I'm not hooked on any. They kind of bug
me. But I do watch ‘Fear Factor.’ My friend Joe is the
host.
LIVEBronwyn: LAcloverstar asks:
Question: Maura, do you like coming to Chicago to film
scenes for ‘ER’?
Maura Tierney: I love it there. I love Chicago. It's
one of my favorite cities.
LIVEBronwyn: POTUS2017 asks:
Question: Good evening, Maura. In your roles as Daisy
and Lisa Miller, your characters have shown an interest
in politics. Are you yourself interested and involved in
politics, or is the interest just limited to your roles?
Thanks, and have a great evening.
Maura Tierney: I am not as involved in politics as I
would like to be. My dad was a politician. I come from
Boston. Boston is just a very political town. I think
there's a crossover between those characters that I've
played and my own personal response to politics.
LIVEBronwyn: Well, we are down to our last question.
KERN01085 has a good final question for you:
Question: Will Abby ever find true romance, and is
Peter Benton really coming back?
Maura Tierney: I don't think Peter Benton is coming
back. I hope Abby finds true romance. It seems like she
has so far, but I don't know what is going to happen.
LIVEBronwyn: I hate this part of the chat... endings
are so sad. :( But
it is almost time for ‘ER.’ Tune in to NBC at 10:00PM ET
for the season premiere.
Maura Tierney: Thank you so much for being interested
in watching the show. We all really appreciate it, the
whole cast. We really do. :)
LIVEBronwyn: Thank you, Maura, and thank you all! Good
night.
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