Out of the mouths of stars . . .
TV’s brightest stars owned the night at the 66th Emmy Awards at L.A.’s Nokia Theatre. USA TODAY’s Bill Keveney, Bryan Alexander, Andrea Mandell and Korina Lopez took note of what was said Monday on the red carpet, televised live and backstage.
Fans “mostly want selfies. I hate the selfies because they’re endless. It used to be people wanted to meet you and talk to you. Now they want a selfie and suddenly you’re on Facebook.”
George R.R. Martin, writer of ‘Game of Thrones,’ with 19 nominations, the most of any show this year “Please welcome the only person from ER who would ever amount to anything — Julianna Margulies.”
Seth Meyers, introducing
the actress “I bleached it last week. I always have a bad haircut with (character) Hannah. She cuts her own bangs like Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted. My life is mostly me trying to keep my dog from eating my snacks.”
Lena Dunham, creator and star of ‘Girls,’ on her new blond ’do “I had met him and seen him and loved him for years, and he came to me in dreams.”
Kate McKinnon of ‘Saturday Night Live’ on Justin Bieber, whom she has memorably impersonated on the show “This is horrible! This is a horrible category! I’m so glad I’m not in this category … and you’re all fabulous, by the way.”
Julia Roberts, before announcing Bryan Cranston’s win for best actor in a drama series for ‘Breaking Bad’ “That’s not a television face, that’s a movie-star face right there. ... Matthew McConaughey doesn’t even own a television. I happen to know he traded his television for a conch shell full of weed. ... I mean, all right, all right, all right already! Where’s Ricky (Gervais)? That’s a television face. Not even a television face, a Netflix face.” Jimmy Kimmel on why Oscar winner McConaughey shouldn’t be at the Emmys “I’m having a really great time. I’m wondering, is this something they’ll consider doing every year?” Fred Armisen, asking Meyers a question before chanting “Every year!” with ‘Portlandia’ co-star Carrie Brownstein “Reality shows are just the thing you insist your husband watch before you have sex with him.” Mindy Kaling, presenting the reality-show competition series award to ‘The Amazing Race’ “Well, Edie Falco said if I left a note, I definitely and for sure wouldn’t get towed. Oh, Edie. This is coming out of nowhere.” Melissa McCarthy, participating from the audience in a comedy bit with host Seth Meyers “I’ve been a mom and a grandmother and now a great-grandmother. I’m just crossing my fingers that this season I’ll be incontinent.” Allison Janney, accepting her award for supporting actress in a comedy for ‘Mom’ “There’s one common truth that binds us all together: None of us will ever make as much money as Kim Kardashian did for her iPhone game.”
Jimmy Fallon before presenting the award for leading actress in a comedy “Hold on, Clark Gable. … We were binge-watching ( Breaking Bad) the other day, and you look so much like the actor on Seinfeld who played the dentist.” Julia Louis-Dreyfus presenting with Bryan Cranston, who played a dentist Elaine dated on ‘Seinfeld.’ “Ladies and gentlemen, the only actors in Hollywood not rumored to be starring in Season 2 of True
Detective.” Amy Poehler, introducing Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey “After 30 years, it took the superpowers of Erin Brockovich and the Incredible Hulk to get this moving.” Ryan Murphy, accepting the TV movie award for ‘The Normal Heart,’ thanking Julia Roberts and Mark Ruffalo “One of my first jobs was a Kellogg ’s Corn Pops commercial. I was 17 or 18, right when I moved out to L.A. ... Then I didn’t work for eight months. The ups and downs of an
actor.” Aaron Paul, threetime Emmy winner for his role on ‘Breaking Bad’ Aaron Paul has come a long way from the days of breakfast cereal.