PERI GILPIN: We totally did not expect this. No one knows what to say. All right. David usually talks but he’s making us talk. We are so excited. Thank you very much. It means the world coming from actors and from our fellow actors – there’s a whole lot of talent in this room. Thank you.
JANE LEEVES: Thank you Chris Lloyd and Joe Keenan.
DAVID HYDE PIERCE: I’m just stunned. Seeing the cast up here – I cannot – I don’t know what you people were thinking. But it’s – No, seriously. It’s an extraordinary honor. We feel like a great ensemble -- but that is just great company to be in. Mahoney’s not here; Kelsey got stuck at a benefit so he couldn’t be here – we love them and we love all of you. Thanks very much.
Thank you very much. I want to congratulate the other gentlemen nominated. Especially, Ricky Schroder. He did a great job; he stepped into something that was tough to do and I think he did a tremendous job.
I had a little time to take a vacation and I got to think about what was going on here. I just want to say I was very grateful for the last two years. Especially to the cast, the writers, David Chase, the people I got to work with. It’s been amazing and I want to thank somebody: my mother and my father. They came over from Italy; they raised 3 kids, sent them all to college -- my mother is no longer with us; I miss her very much. And Dad, I love you. Thank you for everything.
And to the actors out there who maybe aren’t doing so well: Things can change very quickly. Hang in there. Thank You.
Thank you. You were kind enough to give me one of these last year. And just so you know, they really scare small children. My daughters won’t come near ‘em. I want to thank all the brothers and sisters in SAG and also the SAG Foundation for the terrific work they do; I have been privileged to have been involved with them in some capacity. It really is a terrific function of the Guild -- as well as just looking after all of our checks.
I want to do something that I haven’t had a chance to do before and I’ll try to be really quick about it. But in honoring me, you really honor the actors that I’ve been privileged to work with for the last four years. I just want a chance -- I’ve never really had a chance to kind of just mention them and talk about them briefly. Victoria Dillard, who when we were smart enough to give her a shot, is great and is a great team player; Sandy Chaplin who is our Juilliard graduate -- in spite of that very funny; Connie Britten, who is always real and always funny and always a great friend; Allen Rock, who’s a consummate craftsman and has made lechery lovable – and, I don’t know whether that is a good thing but that’s what he’s done; Richard Kind who is like our fullback and when we’re inside the 20 we give him a joke and he just piles through and get the laugh; Michael Boatman, who’s played a gay character on our show with none of the attendant weirdness and stereotypes that heretofore have been part of that and has done -- created a dignified fabulous character; Heather Locklear, who has shown what a professional is – she shows up, she takes a risk after doing it for so long and learns quickly and is fabulous; and Barry Bostwick, who like all of the greats -- and he is one of the greats -- still gets nervous before he does a show. I love being an actor and I love being one of you and I am just proud of this and thank you all very much.
Thank you so much. Gosh, thank you so much. All right, we have a lot of writers -- I won’t say all their names they’re all great and they write such great stuff for all of us to do. And our producers are so great. Well, thanks actors for voting. Whoa -- yeah, it’s him. Thank you so much. Thank you. And, I think most of all I have to thank Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer. Because they’re so good that -- I mean, you’re all actors, you know that it almost doesn’t matter what you do if there’s no one there that’s just as good; if not better than, making you look good. And that’s how it is for me every day. Thank you.
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Female Actor in a Comedy Series
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Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie
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God, that’s heavy! And wonderful! Well, first of all, -- in my 45 seconds -- I would like to thank Oprah for the part of a lifetime; to Kate, one of the best producers to ever work for, and her entire staff. Kate Forte, who won the Producers Guild Award for this show. Of course to our director – who, I think did a superb job -- Mick Jackson, who won the Directors Guild award last night – we’re making a sweep with this sucker.
Anyway, and also not only to a marvelous supporting cast. But above all to Hank Azaria, who is one of the best and most giving actors that I’ve ever worked with. I honestly feel that if it were not for what Hank gave me, I would not be up here tonight. And, I don’t deserve it any more than he does. But at any rate, I love it.
Well that’s about 45 and I better cut it now - What the hell. I cannot tell you how proud I am to be a member of this Guild and I thank you for this honor.
