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Lucy Merriam played the part of "Emma Lavery" on All My Children from 2006 to 2010 when the show moved to LA. All questions are answered by Lucy herself.



1. Do you plan on doing some more acting?
I don't have an agent. I haven't been sure what I want to do. I would definitely like to come back to All My Children, even if I had to fly back and forth. I took a nice long break, but am eager to get started again. My mom says you can't throw a switch, so I don't know if I will get another job.

2. Does Lucy still see any of the other children from AMC?
We all live in different cities. I see them on Facebook (their moms). I hope we can have a reunion some day. Maybe we can work together again.

3. What was the hardest part about filming the storyline surrounding Stuart and Adam last year?
The hardest was not telling the secret. The show gave me a tutor, which was more fun than school. I also had an acting coach to help me remember all the lines. I didn't really get to see the whole story, just my lines. And it is always fun to work with friends. I didn't realize what was going on until I saw the shows a month later.

4. Does Lucy like TV, movies or print work better?
All My Children was a lot of work if I had a lot of lines. If it was just saying "Hi, Daddy", it was fun. The movie was fun because it was mostly playing with the two boys and the dogs I acted with. With the show, you are always working. With the movie, it is mostly waiting. The easiest is the print work. You get to wear cool clothes and go cool places. My family did a shoot together in Jamaica and for Benetton, I got to model with the cutest, cutest, cutest baby sheep. And you don't have to remember any lines. The food is much better, especially if the company is Italian. Oh, and the food--the movie had lots of candy bars on the set. There was a lot more waiting for the movie. They took a long time to set up scenes. And you did them again and again. For AMC, I would do six scenes after school. For the movie, it was once scene all day. I learned how to play Uno on Marley & Me

5. What was Lucy's favorite set to film on at AMC?
The mansion scene was the most fun. You could run up the stairs and end up nowhere. Plus there was a secret door. I also liked waiting behind the fireplace in the penthouse. I couldn't believe it when they took it all apart and packed it away the last day. It didn't seem real that I would never be back there.

6. How did Lucy enjoy getting to work with Alex Ben and Caleb?
I could not tell the boys apart. I liked to watch how their mom and dad took care of them. It was so organized. She put a bib on each one and then fed them in a row like a machine.

7. How did Lucy enjoy working with Rory and Declan? Alexa?
Declan and Rory are easy to tell apart. They talk differently. And Alexa was my best friend on the show. She even invited me to her birthday once. She has great toys that she brings to the set.

8. How did Lucy like working Melissa Claire Egan and David Canary?
Melissa is fun to talk with. She has a crush on my brother, so we talk about how cute he is. And David is like a professional grandpa. He is always cheery and calls me sweetie. I guess I was supposed to be afraid of him, and that was pretty much impossible.

9. What was Lucy's last day at AMC like?
I didn't know it was my last day. It was just like a regular day and then my mom asked after my scene was done if I was scheduled to shoot more. Everyone was kind of surprised, even Cameron. I guess I am glad I didn't know because it might have been hard to do the scene. When I found out I was leaving the show, I cried and cried until Cameron called me on the phone.

10. What has been one of the funniest things to happen on set or backstage for one of Lucy's scenes?
One time Jonathan dropped me on my head. It wasn't funny at the time, but later I laughed. It is hard to know what was the funniest because it was almost always fun. I almost barfed on Jackson. I was doing the red dress show and it was late. I guess I looked funny and he came up to ask if I was okay. I said I felt fine, then I puked. He jumped out of the way in the nick of time. I ended up missing the whole rest of the shoot that week. I remember fans being mad at Ryan for not seeing me. But it was not his fault. Emma couldn't go to the studio because I was home sick barfing with a fever. They could not wait on the scenes until I was better, so they went on without me. I felt bad for Ryan because Emma was supposed to have more scenes with him.

Is there anything else you'd like to add?
JR [Martinez] is super nice. He talked to me before our scene and asked if I would get freaked out by his scars. I told him I would never do that. I am a big supporter of the military. I got interested when I saw the Blue Angels. I just got back from an event honoring Navy SEALs in Florida. I got to interview a Navy SEAL dog named Arras. I am asking my mom to post the video if the Navy approves it. The SEAL dogs are doing lots of work in Afghanistan and are saving lives. What scared me the most was seeing JR's fake scar when I first started. I was three and didn't understand that he wasn't really hurt. I really miss the people you don't see. I spent most of my time with the nurses Sister Noreen, Cathy, and Jada. They are my best, best friends and I miss them every day.

We'd like to thank the Merriam family for participating in the Star-Kidz Holiday Q&A event this year!