You get a couple of Oscar nominations and jobs tend to seek you out. At least that’s been the case with Jacki Weaver, who is starring on the wickedly funny Starz series “Blunt Talk.”‘ She plays Rosalie Winter, the tough — but motherly — producer/manager of talk show host Walter Blunt, played by Patrick Stewart.

“I wasn’t looking for work when this came along,” Weaver said. “But Jonathan Ames, who is one of the most brilliant and charming men in the world, invited me to lunch and begged me to be in his series.”

She was so charmed by the “Blunt Talk” creator (best know for the series “Bored To Death”) that Weaver agreed to be in the series without ever seeing a script. It proved a good move, as her character gets to go from making quick TV news decisions to scenes where Rosalie and Walter are spooning.

Don’t call the character a mother hen. Weaver doesn’t want people to confuse being kindhearted with being soft. She likes that Rosalie can be tough when it’s necessary.

Ames knew what he was doing when he went after Weaver. The veteran actress, from South Wales, has more than a half century of acting credits including roles in “Animal Kingdom” and “Silver Linings Playbook” that earned her the Oscar nods.

Weaver’s favorite kinds of roles are those that reflect life.

“One moment things can be hilarious and the next moment they are tragic,” Weaver says. “You are laughing one second and crying the next. There’s a lot of poignant stuff in ‘Blunt Talk’ but it’s also funny.”

Because the series airs on Starz, it does push the envelope with situations and language. That’s to be expected as one of the executive producers of “Blunt Talk” is Seth MacFarlane.