Minka Kelly Says She’s Thought-about Returning to Her ‘Backup’ Career ‘Many Instances’

Minka Kelly is open to placing her scrubs again on if wanted.

On the Tuesday, April 22, episode of Right this moment with Jenna & Buddies, the 44-year-old actress revealed to Jenna Hager Bush and visitor co-host Andy Cohen that she sporadically thinks about returning to her “backup” profession as an working room scrub nurse.

“Is it true that you simply thought Hollywood was over you?” Cohen, 56, requested the Friday Night time Lights alum.

Kelly confessed that she’s “thought that many instances,” telling Cohen, who was shocked by her admission, “In fact! I’ve thought that [after] each job that finishes.”

“After which if any period of time passes, you’re like, ‘Okay, that is it. I had an excellent run. And that’s okay, all the things’s okay. I’ve my backup. I generally is a scrub tech once more.’ ” 

She confirmed for Bush Hager, 43, that she “significantly” thinks about going again to the job “on a regular basis.”

Whereas Cohen and Bush Hager have been each shocked, Kelly defined that “it’s a factor that offers [her] a little bit of confidence.” 

“You understand this isn’t the entire world,” she mentioned as she gestured to the promotional picture of her new present, Ransom Canyon, seemingly referring to the leisure trade. “So the rejection that you simply get being an actor is type of balanced out for me and you may go, ‘However I’m good at this. I do know I’m good at this.’ ”

“I beloved it a lot,” she famous. “It’s actually good to really feel such as you’re good at one thing.”

Regardless of her occasional thought to return as a scrub nurse, the actress is presently starring in Netflix’s new Western collection, which was tailored from Jodi Thomas’ e book collection of the identical identify. Kelly portrays Quinn reverse Josh Duhamel’s Staten as they battle off long-reserved emotions for one another amidst upheaval of their Texas city.

She beforehand informed PEOPLE that engaged on the collection was seamless because of her seasoned scene companion.

“I imply, I bear in mind we obtained collectively simply to see what our chemistry can be like earlier than we began taking pictures. And instantly, it was similar to butter,” she mentioned of her straightforward connection to Duhamel. “I am like, ‘Oh, this man, now we have such a straightforward change.’ I felt so protected with him.”

“I bear in mind texting him proper afterwards going, ‘I am so excited I get to do that with you. I really feel so protected with you.’ And that basically simply continued all through the collection,” she mentioned. “I simply had a very nice strong companion by this. And he is so wonderful.”

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Ransom Canyon is now streaming on Netflix.