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Jean Smart Interview After Winning Best Actor in a Comedy Series 2024 Emmy Award
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9/16/2024
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All right, we'll start right here in the second row in the black.
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Yes, go ahead.
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Congratulations, Jean, over here, Dayton Deller with Texas Hollywood.
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Congratulations.
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I just want to start off by saying you're fabulous in this and you deserve everything.
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That standing ovation, you receiving that, what did that feel like?
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I was kind of stunned.
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It was really, really lovely, but not expected.
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It was really, really nice.
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Yeah.
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All right, right here in the second row, closer to me.
00:45
Hi there.
00:46
To your right, or to your left, sorry.
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Hi.
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Lori Seitz from The Wrap.
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Nice to meet you.
00:52
Oh, hi.
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Congratulations.
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Deborah finally get Late Night, which was just such an accomplishment.
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Did that remind you of anything in your career when you finally got it and it just felt so
01:03
satisfying?
01:04
Gosh.
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The first thing that popped in my head was I think maybe when I was nominated for a Tony
01:15
Award, that was pretty thrilling because I started in the theater, so it meant a lot.
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I think I've been fortunate in a sense that my career has been a very gradual kind of
01:28
climb.
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I wouldn't have minded if it was a little faster, but it's better than starting here
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and going down, down, down, down, down, down.
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I'm very grateful, grateful for that.
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All right, next question right here in the second row.
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Hi, Gene.
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Over here.
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Over here, right where you were before.
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Hi.
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Oh, sorry.
01:50
Hi.
01:51
I didn't see anybody.
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Congratulations.
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I know this is a big topic, but I wonder how you think comedy on television has changed.
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I keep hearing it's hard to get a comedy greenlit these days, that studios aren't as interested
02:02
in it anymore.
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How do you think things have changed going back from designing women to now?
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Well, certainly there's just more opportunities in general.
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There's more material, obviously.
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I don't know, because certainly when I was doing Designing Women, there were a lot of
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shows.
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There were Candace Bergen's show.
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The whole Monday Night lineup had a lot of great shows for women, but I think now people
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kind of want darker comedies, not necessarily just sort of more lighthearted.
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That's probably the biggest change.
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Although I do think people are kind of craving comedy now more than ever, because I think
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people are feeling a little disheartened by the world a little bit.
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I think, who doesn't want to laugh?
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I mean, it feels good.
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Welcome.
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Okay.
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Our final question will be from a virtual participant.
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This is Tanya Hart from American Urban Radio Network.
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Yes, I'm virtual.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Congratulations.
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Oh, my goodness.
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I'm looking at the ladies in the audience, you, Carol Burnett.
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You have set the bar so high for women who are seasoned.
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What should the younger actresses be learning from you at this point?
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Oh, gosh.
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I would say try to be yourself, but also give careful thought to the parts you choose.
03:48
As actors, as much as we want to think that we maybe sometimes affect people in a positive
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way, we can also, as entertainers, all of us can affect people in a negative way.
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So you want to be somewhat responsible in the things that you choose to do, and also
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work with talented people and work with nice people.
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There's no reason you have to work with someone who's a pain in the ass.
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Life's too short.
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And I've been very lucky I haven't had that.
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