I`m not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this baby! - Referring to the so called "Seinfeld curse," in which little or no success has come since the show to the four main actors, upon accepting her Emmy award for "The New Adventures of Old...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
When I went up there and accepted the [second] Emmy, I remembered that when I was about 20, a psychic told me I was going to win two Emmys that were going to be like bookends for playing a secretary on a sitcom. And I said, `I`m not going to do sitcoms. I...
Megan Mullally
Look, you can get yourself cut and stitched, or you can get a good girdle. The day before my first Emmy show, I went to Sears and bought a really good girdle. And I`ve worn that thing to every single awards show since!
Jane Kaczmarek
Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.
Ozzy Osbourne
On why his mother chooses to stay in Japan rather than accompany him to the Emmy Awards: My mom is actually very superstitious. She tells me every time she`s in Japan, she gets good news, like `I got nominated for a Golden Globe,` or `I got nominated for ...
Masi Oka
On why his mother chooses to stay in Japan rather than accompany him to the Emmy Awards: My mom is actually very superstitious. She tells me every time she`s in Japan, she gets good news, like `I got nominated for a Golden Globe,` or `I got nominated for ...
Masi Oka
Everybody likes to win. One of the biggest disappointments was when I didn`t get an Emmy for Lonesome Dove. It`s political. It can be a popularity contest.
Robert Duvall
I thought it was fabulous. My next ambition is to get nominated for seven seconds, and, ultimately, I want to be nominated for a picture in which I don`t even appear. Interview with Associated Press Radio, 2004, regarding her Emmy nomination for her perfo...
Ellen Burstyn
[when he received news of his Emmy nomination] "I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let`s make it the orthodontist."
Frankie Muniz
I don`t want to say it`s not important to win [an Emmy], because it is. Would it be important to me personally to win? It would be wonderful; I would be delighted. Is it important for an actor`s career? I would say Yes.
Bryan Cranston
[on why "Buffy" never won Emmy Awards:] "It`s because it`s called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997). I mean, we`ve even joked about how we should do an episode where Sarah [Michelle Gellar] is a doctor, I`m a lawyer ... get every angle they vote for just ...
Nicholas Brendon
Part of Emmy acceptance speech for _"Angels in America" (2003) (mini)_: "Glenn [Close] is my friend so I know she`ll forgive me, Helen Mirren is an acting god, and no one has put a better performance on film than Judy Davis in "The Judy Garland Story". Th...
Meryl Streep
My own mother told me I didn`t have a shot in hell of winning tonight. [While accepting the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as "Isobel `Izzie` Stevens" on "Grey`s Anatomy" (2005), at The 59th Primetime Emmy Awa...
Katherine Heigl
My own mother told me I didn`t have a shot in hell of winning tonight. [While accepting the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as "Isobel `Izzie` Stevens" on "Grey`s Anatomy" (2005), at The 59th Primetime Emmy Awa...
Katherine Heigl
[On Bob Fosse] Fosse, I think, came to a high point in his life, with an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy, and asked himself, "Do they think I`m really that good? They don`t know I`m really a sham, a hoax, a phony, a lousy human being, not much of a friend to an...
Roy Scheider
Upon winning his Emmy for "How the West Was Won" (1978) (mini): "I don`t know about Mr. Roarke, but this certainly fulfills my fantasy. Thank you very much."
Ricardo Montalban
Winning the Emmy really was like, you`re kind of the punk rock kid at school, and suddenly you get Student of the Month. And you`re like, This isn`t cool.""
Trey Parker
Someone said I wasn`t attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.
Allison Janney