Jean Smart Interview After Winning Best Actor in a Comedy Series 2024 Emmy Award

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00:00All right, we'll start right here in the second row in the black.

00:06Yes, go ahead.

00:08Congratulations, Jean, over here, Dayton Deller with Texas Hollywood.

00:13Congratulations.

00:15I just want to start off by saying you're fabulous in this and you deserve everything.

00:20That standing ovation, you receiving that, what did that feel like?

00:25I was kind of stunned.

00:29It was really, really lovely, but not expected.

00:32It was really, really nice.

00:35Yeah.

00:36All right, right here in the second row, closer to me.

00:45Hi there.

00:46To your right, or to your left, sorry.

00:49Hi.

00:50Lori Seitz from The Wrap.

00:51Nice to meet you.

00:52Oh, hi.

00:53Congratulations.

00:56Deborah finally get Late Night, which was just such an accomplishment.

00:59Did that remind you of anything in your career when you finally got it and it just felt so

01:03satisfying?

01:04Gosh.

01:05The first thing that popped in my head was I think maybe when I was nominated for a Tony

01:15Award, that was pretty thrilling because I started in the theater, so it meant a lot.

01:22I think I've been fortunate in a sense that my career has been a very gradual kind of

01:28climb.

01:29I wouldn't have minded if it was a little faster, but it's better than starting here

01:36and going down, down, down, down, down, down.

01:38I'm very grateful, grateful for that.

01:41All right, next question right here in the second row.

01:44Hi, Gene.

01:45Over here.

01:46Over here, right where you were before.

01:48Hi.

01:49Oh, sorry.

01:50Hi.

01:51I didn't see anybody.

01:52Congratulations.

01:54I know this is a big topic, but I wonder how you think comedy on television has changed.

01:58I keep hearing it's hard to get a comedy greenlit these days, that studios aren't as interested

02:02in it anymore.

02:04How do you think things have changed going back from designing women to now?

02:09Well, certainly there's just more opportunities in general.

02:14There's more material, obviously.

02:19I don't know, because certainly when I was doing Designing Women, there were a lot of

02:23shows.

02:24There were Candace Bergen's show.

02:30The whole Monday Night lineup had a lot of great shows for women, but I think now people

02:37kind of want darker comedies, not necessarily just sort of more lighthearted.

02:45That's probably the biggest change.

02:48Although I do think people are kind of craving comedy now more than ever, because I think

02:58people are feeling a little disheartened by the world a little bit.

03:02I think, who doesn't want to laugh?

03:05I mean, it feels good.

03:08Welcome.

03:09Okay.

03:10Our final question will be from a virtual participant.

03:12This is Tanya Hart from American Urban Radio Network.

03:18Yes, I'm virtual.

03:19Hi.

03:20Hi.

03:21Congratulations.

03:23Oh, my goodness.

03:24I'm looking at the ladies in the audience, you, Carol Burnett.

03:27You have set the bar so high for women who are seasoned.

03:32What should the younger actresses be learning from you at this point?

03:37Oh, gosh.

03:41I would say try to be yourself, but also give careful thought to the parts you choose.

03:48As actors, as much as we want to think that we maybe sometimes affect people in a positive

03:55way, we can also, as entertainers, all of us can affect people in a negative way.

04:02So you want to be somewhat responsible in the things that you choose to do, and also

04:07work with talented people and work with nice people.

04:10There's no reason you have to work with someone who's a pain in the ass.

04:14Life's too short.

04:15And I've been very lucky I haven't had that.

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