Emmys Quotes - Page 3

• 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 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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• The Emmys are honestly very unpredictable. I mean, have you looked at my Emmy record? I was nominated 6 times for ER and won once.

  Julianna Margulies

  Mean, Records, Unpredictable

  Source: deadline.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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• Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.

  Ted Alexandro

  Winning, Comedian, Ass

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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• You can look at the Emmys two ways in you're nominated. It's either win-win or lose-lose. If things go very well and I win, you still have to get up in front of a group of people and risk having God knows what come out of your mouth. If you won't win, you have to breathe deeply and smile and clap with a camera in your face.

  Jim Parsons

  Winning, Two, People

  "Emmys: Q&A With Lead Comedy Actor Nominee Jim Parsons". deadline.com. August 3, 2010.

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• I feel like I'm already a winner. I've made so many dreams come true. I'm here. Whether you walk away with a statue [ Emmy]or not, you shouldn't make it about it that necessarily. Everyone who's here in this house tonight is a winner.

  Taraji P. Henson

  Dream, House, Tonight

  "Taraji P. Henson on Possibly Making Emmys History: 'I Don't Want to Make It About a Material Thing'". Interview with Nancy O'Dell, www.etonline.com. September 20, 2015.

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• It [going from mini-series to series] was never even discussed because it [The Starter Wife] was, you know, an adaptation of a novel. And we - the mini-series encompassed the whole novel. And so it was always going to be a finite sort of event. And then I imagine when people started to really respond to the show and then we got ten Emmy nominations, USA sort of said, "Oh, I think maybe we have something here."

  Debra Messing

  Thinking, Usa, People

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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

  Timothy Olyphant

  Ties

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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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• I do not see that the sex of the candidate is an argument against her admission as a Privatdozent. After all, the Senate is not a bathhouse. Objecting to sex discrimination being the reason for rejection of Emmy Noether's application to join the faculty at the University of Gottingen.

  David Hilbert

  Sex, Rejection, Discrimination

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• Truly what the Emmys are about are the machine behind them, and Oscars are the same way, where if you have a big enough machine behind you, you get nominated, because truly how many of the best performances actually win...not many.

  Christopher Judge

  Winning, Machines, Oscars

  IGN Interview, www.ign.com. July 11, 2006.

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• America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show.

  Pierre Salinger

  Names, America, People

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• It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling.

  Allison Janney

  Great Day, Way, Hearing

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• A lot of things went incredibly well for 'Scrubs': from a ridiculous number of downloads on the iPods, to whenever they issue a new season on DVD it kinda sells out, and we got nominated for an Emmy. To be picked up for six years is all gravy, man.

  John C. McGinley

  Men, Ipods, Numbers

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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 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 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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• 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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• 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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