Emmys Quotes

• 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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• 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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• 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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• Woke up this morning to the incredible news that I was nominated for an Emmy, and a shower full of dog poop. Apparently my dog is so excited, she has explosive diarrhea. I truly could not be more thankful to the Emmy voters for including me in this brilliant company of extraordinary women. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean up an enormous amount of dog poop out of my shower. Yay!

  Martha Plimpton

  Dog, Morning, Voters

  "Emmy Reactions: What the Nominated Stars and Execs Say". www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 14, 2011.

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• I have a great job writing for “The Office,” but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. I’ll put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean.

  Mindy Kaling

  Dream, Jobs, Writing

  "Flick Chicks" by Mindy Kaling, www.newyorker.com. October 3, 2011.

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• Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

  William Devane

  Popularity, Contests, Popularity Contest

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• What happened was that none of that [Emmy nomination] really happened. Numbers flew under the radar, and so around the fourth season, I got really jaded and I wanted to quit.

  David Krumholtz

  Numbers, Nominations, Quitting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they’re not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide, she should have won an Emmy at the Oscars for her great performance. I was like, "If you’d done that in the movie, you’d have won an Oscar, girl."

  Chris Rock

  Girl, Rocks, Should Have

  Chris Rock's remarks as host at the 77th Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, February 27, 2005.

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• I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.

  William H. Macy

  Writing, Thinking, Doors

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• I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing.

  Michael C. Hall

  Mean, Competition, Buzz

  "American Morning With Paula Zahn" with Bill Hemmer, www.cnn.com. August 2, 2002.

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• The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.

  Hank Azaria

  Thanksgiving, Dance, Kids

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• Generally with the Oscars or the Emmys there isn't much you can do until the nominations are announced. Then you know what kind of year you're dealing with - what's been overlooked, what the issues are.

  Bruce Vilanch

  Years, Issues, Oscars

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• Some people in Hollywood think of me as a model for dramatic midlife transitions: suburban housewife to Emmy-winning actress. But I never plotted out a master plan for following my dreams.

  Kathryn Joosten

  Dream, Winning, Thinking

  "Kathryn Joosten obituary" by Michael Carlson, www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2012.

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• I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!

  Oprah Winfrey

  Exercise, Reflection, Winning

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• I'd like to give every member of our cast a best supporting comedy Emmy.

  David Mandel

  Giving, Comedy, Members

  Source: deadline.com

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• Halfway through Numbers, I got really jaded, and I had these unrealistic expectations about what Numbers could be. I thought it should be Emmy-nominated. I was in my mid-20s, so I was kind of shortsighted and silly.

  David Krumholtz

  Silly, Numbers, Expectations

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

  Mary Chapin Carpenter

  Land, America, Foundation

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• Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Kids, Night, Firsts

  "Dick Van Dyke Discusses His Career in Entertainment". "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. September 22, 2000.

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• I am definitely going to watch the Emmys this year! My makeup team is nominated for “Best Special Effects.”

  Joan Rivers

  Beauty, Team, Makeup

  Twitter post from Aug 23, 2014

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• I'm an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and one of the children, his wish was to go to the Emmys, so he's going to be my date, along with my husband, and my dad and his girlfriend. So we're going to have a really fun night and it's going to be really exciting. I'm really excited for him to experience that.

  Christina Hendricks

  Girlfriend, Husband, Dad

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• Northwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me!

  Stephen Colbert

  Presidential, Lists, Winner

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• Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it.

  Larry David

  Umpires, Casual, Walks

  "Larry David: The Man Behind Seinfeld". "The Laugh Factory Magazine" Interview, www.laughfactory.com. June 28, 2016.

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• But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Reality, Thinking, Winning

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• I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Oscars, Let Me, Grammy

  "Dick Van Dyke - At 87, Life is Better Than Ever!". Interview with Pat Gallagher, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2013.

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