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I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony. -- Cyndi Lauper
Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it. -- Larry David
Listen, I would love to win an Emmy at some stage or another. I can't pretend not to. -- Cat Deeley
Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry. -- Elon Musk
I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category. -- Rita Mae Brown
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
It was very cool to be honored and be acknowledged in that way for the first time ever, being nominated for an Emmy. -- Sheila E.
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
I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy. That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldn't be happier and prouder. -- Kyle Chandler
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
When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor. -- Alan Alda
I don't think I have ever worn more outfits over the course of four days than I did Emmy weekend. You barely sleep. You don't eat. -- Allison Tolman
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
I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don't. -- Margaret Cho
The Emmy that I lost, and I can't remember his name, I lost to the man who did the Olympics. So, it was great to lose to him. It's the Olympics. -- Sheila E.
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
I saw an Emmy ad that AMC took out with all the 'Breaking Bad' nominees' photos, and there's my picture from the show. It's like World's Ugliest Man - I'm an automatic winner in that category. -- Mark Margolis
I've done plenty of daredeviling - from white-water rafting to bungee jumping. But I think the most fearless was hosting the Emmy Awards. It was overwhelming, and I definitely had to leave fear at the door. -- Neil Patrick Harris
I think the Emmy obviously is very prestigious and is the gold standard obviously in terms of television. But the Oscars go beyond that. I believe children, when they're growing up, dream of holding that Oscar. -- Brad Grey
I remember having a feeling like, 'I can't believe this is happening!' Two years ago I was auditioning for The Disney Channel, and now Paul Rudd is saying, 'Hey man, congratulations on your Emmy nomination!' -- Max Greenfield
I consider 'Dr. Horrible' a tremendous success. The fact that it won an Emmy I just think lends validity to what we were doing and the point we were trying to make: taking the power into someone else's hands and changing the world. -- Nathan Fillion
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
I really feel like 'True Blood' is a big, giant slice of cake for the audience every week; it's offering people 60 minutes of sometimes thought-provoking entertainment. If you're gonna give an Emmy out, you should probably give it to the audience of 'True Blood.' -- Chris Bauer
I scoop Emmy winners like kitty litter. -- Rick Ross
You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. -- Viola Davis
I'd like to give every member of our cast a best supporting comedy Emmy. -- David Mandel
The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances. -- Jeffrey Tambor
The designer of my Emmy gown is donating my gown to the charity for an auction. -- Maria Menounos
I would do anything I could to try to make sure that Lena Headey wins an Emmy. -- Alex Graves
I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy. -- Edie Falco
It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling. -- Allison Janney
I have an Emmy, but it's no big deal: work in TV news long enough, you eventually get one. -- Deborah Copaken Kogan
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.
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
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
Transparent is a drama/comedy series that could, in theory, make the Emmy nominations next year in either of those categories. It's that good. -- David Bianculli
I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy. -- Noah Wyle
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
Don Knotts won five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series [in Andy Griffith Show] in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1967. -- Betty Lynn
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
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
Some people in Hollywood think of me as a model for dramatic midlife transitions: suburban housewife to Emmy-winning actress. But I never plotted a master plan for following my dreams. -- Kathryn Joosten
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
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
I've always been selective about materials I choose anyways. The incoming calls haven't been projects that I necessarily want to do. Now I can always be called "Emmy winner Regina King." -- Regina King
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
There was even a time when Donald Trump didn't get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged against him. -- Hillary Clinton
I'm pleased it turned out the way that it did, because I know lots of other people who did fantastic work and did not see this particular kind of recognition [like Emmy]. -- Sterling K. Brown
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
I've had the joy of working on critically acclaimed shows, but unfortunately, those shows aren't always in the Golden Globe or Emmy categories, which bums me out because they are really good, quality shows. -- Charisma Carpenter
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
I remember having a feeling like, 'I can't believe this is happening!' Two years ago I was auditioning for The Disney Channel, and now Paul Rudd is saying, 'Hey man, congratulations on your Emmy nomination! -- Max Greenfield
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
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
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
This past year, we received our second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Series. While we'd all like to win, I can say with utmost sincerity that it mattered more to me that we got noticed than whether or not we win. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
The day I won an Emmy was also the day my father passed away. I received a call from my sister on the way to the ceremony and had to turn my car around and catch the first flight back to Karachi. -- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
LYou 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
I always choose to remember the moment that was the best of Jeanne Cooper - those photos where she's in that wild dress triumphantly hoisting up the Emmy the night she finally won the damn thing. She was so proud, so happy. -- Corbin Bernsen
I don't really like to arrange shows by best performances. That's why Emmy season is kind of a chore for me. Unlike movies, where it's easier to decide who was the best performance, a TV show goes up and down, including characters/portrayals. -- Hank Stuever
(On his Emmy nomination) 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
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
To get an Emmy nomination for a show that was the first-ever science talk show on television to us was an affirmation that there is an appetite for this content in the mainstream public, not just the erudite public. So we're all completely thrilled by it. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
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
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
Emmy has embarked on her journey to enrich the world with smiles. They are free, healthy, and often, very contagious. -- Emmy Swain
Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system. -- Michael Moore
I literally have over a thousand emails in my inbox that need to be returned. I'm sure all of my friends and certain family members are like, 'Oh, look who got nominated for an Emmy and doesn't want to write me an email back!' I need a good few hours to just sit and get on the phone. -- Max Greenfield
I just always knew I wanted to be an actor. I gave my Emmy acceptance speech when I was 11. But, I wasn't allowed to do plays and things like that. It was considered dangerous. My parents didn't think it was safe for a girl to do that, and they definitely didn't think it was interesting to participate in the arts. -- Azita Ghanizada

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