Emmys Quotes

When the Emmys overlooked her, she turbocharged and felt very threatened. So she had to get herself on some [magazine] covers. - Eva Longoria

When Ellen came back with the Emmys [in November 2001], she was coming back to a culture that had been put on total and complete hold... a felicitous coincidence. - Robert Thompson

What am I going to wear to the Emmys? Something with a tie. - Timothy Olyphant

Well I was out in the garden moving rocks on the day of the Emmys. I was just playing in the dirt. - Charles Keating

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest. - William Devane

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character for seven episodes. Eleven years and 22 Emmys later, Cliff was still sitting at that bar. - John Ratzenberger

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

To some extent, the Oscars and Emmys are the mother of all awards shows and are immune to that. But then, who would have guessed that Miss America would be leaving Atlantic City and playing on a cable channel that didn't exist several decades ago? - Robert Thompson

This is the second time I've hosted the Emmys after a national tragedy. - Ellen DeGeneres

This is a huge night in my life... I cannot tell you how proud I am to be the Emmys' first Catholic host. - Conan O'Brien