Emmys Quotes

• You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

  Viola Davis

  Winning, Roles, Actresses

  "Zendaya Posts Beautiful Thank You to Viola Davis After Her History-Making Emmy Win" by Noelle Devo, www.seventeen.com. September 21, 2015.

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• Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

  Viola Davis

  Winning, Opportunity, Color

  "Viola Davis Becomes the First African-American to Win Emmy for Best Actress in Drama" by Inae Oh, www.motherjones.com. September 21, 2015.

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• Asked for a testimony to the effect that Emmy Noether was a great woman mathematician, he said: I can testify that she is a great mathematician, but that she is a woman, I cannot swear.

  Edmund Landau

  Women, Said, Mathematical

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• Indignant reply to the blatent sex discrimination expressed in a colleague's opposition when Hilbert proposed appointing Emmy Noether as the first woman professor at their university.

  David Hilbert

  Sex, Firsts, Discrimination

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• What am I going to wear to the Emmys? Something with a tie.

  Timothy Olyphant

  Ties

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• I had done a sitcom and a movie and hosted the Emmys, and all of a sudden, I lost everything. As someone put it at the time, I was suddenly like a Ferrari in neutral.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Ferrari, Done, Lost Everything

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.

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• Basically that you can do anything. If you pool your resources,and just give up the idea that you're going to act like a normal person or sleep, if you want it hard enough and do it well enough, it happens. A lot of really talented people either sort of get crushed under the wheel of the movie studio system or desperately try and get their next gig in TV. I understand why, because we've all got to put food on the table and the brass ring is out there, we'd all like to be making the Emmy-winning shows and the blockbusters and all that, but at the same time you could be doing stuff yourself.

  Joss Whedon

  Giving Up, Sleep, Winning

  Source: www.complex.com

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• We don't ask for opinions on our outfit all the time - but for a big of event, like the Emmys, absolutely. I actually sent my sister a picture of the [J Mendel] dress I wore to the Emmys before I chose it, and she was obsessed. She was like, "Oh, I want that." And I said, "Let me wear it first!"

  Kate Mara

  Want, Firsts, Events

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

  Viola Davis

  Badass, Opportunity, Color

  "The 10 Best Emmy Moments for Women Last Night" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. September 21, 2015.

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• In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful, white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can't seem to get there no how. I can't seem to get over that line.

  Viola Davis

  Beautiful, Flower, Green Fields

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen won an Emmy and Mel Brooks didn't! Niezsche was right! There is no God! There is no God!

  Mel Brooks

  Funny, God, Humor

  "Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.thedailybeast.com. October 18, 2014.

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• I didn't watch the Emmys because - well, for one, I have been to awards shows, and I understand how it works. For another, sour grapes. Actually, that's probably number one.

  Kurt Fuller

  Numbers, Awards, Watches

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Listen, I would love to win an Emmy at some stage or another. I can't pretend not to.

  Cat Deeley

  Winning, Stage, I Can

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• I'm extremely proud of our very, very diverse cast which represents the world that I walk around in every day.

  Ellen Pompeo

  Night, World, Proud

  "Ellen Pompeo Slams the Emmys As 'Dated, Embarrassing'" by Emma Koonse, www.christianpost.com. September 24, 2013.

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• The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances.

  Jeffrey Tambor

  Awards, Ensemble, Should

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• My sister Jennifer is an Emmy winning journalist and mother of three amazing girls. She brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years. I'm extremely proud of her.

  Ron Livingston

  Girl, Mother, Jobs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

  Ester Dean

  Jobs, Credit, Want

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied. People are like, "You've got all these number ones!" "Yeah...what else?" It all translates into money, and that's how people think of being successful, but my success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

  Ester Dean

  Jobs, Successful, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Created for MTV in 1990, the sharply observed, pop-conscious Ben Stiller Show - featuring its star's lacerating impersonations of Bono, Tom Cruise, and Eddie Munster, among others - subsequently moved to Fox TV and copped an Emmy for writing.

  Manohla Dargis

  Stars, Writing, Mtv

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Emmys are wonderful and I'm thrilled to death that I have mine. But they're representative of a specific achievement, where this sort of thing is representative of how you've grown in your own industry.

  Dinah Shore

  Achievement, Wonderful, Representatives

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• The one place you don't want to wear shorts is any major awards show. You can wear them to the Teen Choice or Kids' Choice awards, but not the Oscars or the Emmys.

  Peter Som

  Kids, Awards, Choices

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• I am humbled by the nomination. I got to work with a cast and writers made up of geniuses. The good news is I can finally realize my life long dream and buy my wife a solid gold speed boat.

  Will Arnett

  Dream, Long, Wife

  "Stars React To Emmy Nominations". www.accessonline.com. July 06, 2006.

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• The Emmy will have no effect on me, from the standpoint that you've still got to wash your bowl after breakfast.

  Charles Keating, Jr.

  Breakfast, Standpoint, Stills

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• I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us.

  Viola Davis

  Writing, Color, Roles

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• My Emmy competition is awfully good. My stomach is already in knots. The problem is that I don't drink, so I can't calm myself that way. I wish I could be better at pretending I don't care.

  Jim Parsons

  Competition, Wish, Care

  Source: deadline.com

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