01of 10Anthony Anderson Steals Emmys with His MomAnthony Anderson.“Oh God, I’m so deserving of this! … Mom, how big is your purse?"— helping his mom load statuettes into her bag during the host-lessceremony opening

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Anthony Anderson Steals Emmys with His Mom

Anthony Anderson.

Anthony Anderson Emmys

“Oh God, I’m so deserving of this! … Mom, how big is your purse?”

— helping his mom load statuettes into her bag during the host-lessceremony opening

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Alex Borstein on the Los Angeles Heat Inside the Microsoft Theater

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Alex Borstein

—while accepting the Emmy forsupporting actress in a comedy seriesforThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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Bob Newhart Confirms that He is, in Fact, Not Dead

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Ben Stiller and Bob Newhart

—to co-presenter Ben Stiller, in a bit that included wax statues of George Burns and Lucille Ball

04of 10Phoebe Waller-Bridge Reveals What Writing & Acting Are All AboutFREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty"I find writing really, really hard and really painful. But I’d like to say, honestly from the bottom of my heart, that the reason I do it isthis. So it’s made it all really worth it guys, thank you so much!““Thank you. I find acting really hard and really painful. But it’s all aboutthis."— while accepting outstanding writing for a comedy series forFleabag, and lateroutstanding lead actress in a comedy seriesfor the same show

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge Reveals What Writing & Acting Are All About

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge

“I find writing really, really hard and really painful. But I’d like to say, honestly from the bottom of my heart, that the reason I do it isthis. So it’s made it all really worth it guys, thank you so much!”

“Thank you. I find acting really hard and really painful. But it’s all aboutthis.”

— while accepting outstanding writing for a comedy series forFleabag, and lateroutstanding lead actress in a comedy seriesfor the same show

05of 10Former Emmys Hosts Stephen Colbert & Jimmy Kimmel on the Importance of HostsKevin Winter/GettyKimmel: “Without a host, who would sit behind a desk and pretend to be interested in Jason Bateman’s vacation stories?“Colbert: “Oh, you swam with dolphins? How fascinating.“Kimmel: “He told that one on your show, too?!"— before presenting outstanding actress in a comedy series

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Former Emmys Hosts Stephen Colbert & Jimmy Kimmel on the Importance of Hosts

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel

Kimmel: “Without a host, who would sit behind a desk and pretend to be interested in Jason Bateman’s vacation stories?”

Colbert: “Oh, you swam with dolphins? How fascinating.”

Kimmel: “He told that one on your show, too?!”

— before presenting outstanding actress in a comedy series

06of 10Amy Poehler and Catherine O’Hara on the Most Important Qualities in NomineesAmy Sussman/WireImagePoehler: “Flexible.“O’Hara: “Committed.“Poehler: “Focused.“O’Hara: “These are the qualities we look for in our personal trainers.“Poehler: “And they are also the words we use to describe our eight nominees' lower-back tattoos."— before presenting the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

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Amy Poehler and Catherine O’Hara on the Most Important Qualities in Nominees

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Amy Poehler and Catherine O’Hara

Poehler: “Flexible.”

O’Hara: “Committed.”

Poehler: “Focused.”

O’Hara: “These are the qualities we look for in our personal trainers.”

Poehler: “And they are also the words we use to describe our eight nominees' lower-back tattoos.”

— before presenting the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

07of 10John Oliver ThanksGame of Thronesfor Airing Before His ShowKevin Winter/Getty"Thank you toGame of Thronesfor the lead-in over the years. It’s been amazing, it’s been really great. It’s been so fun working out how to lose your audience each week. Municipal tax districts really shook them off."— accepting the award for outstanding variety talk series forLast Week Tonight

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John Oliver ThanksGame of Thronesfor Airing Before His Show

John Oliver

“Thank you toGame of Thronesfor the lead-in over the years. It’s been amazing, it’s been really great. It’s been so fun working out how to lose your audience each week. Municipal tax districts really shook them off.”

— accepting the award for outstanding variety talk series forLast Week Tonight

08of 10Julia Louis-Dreyfus Laments Having to Share the StageFREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty"I’m sorry, I was told I would be up here alone, you know, to celebrate the showVeepbecause that is me. I was theVeep."— presenting a farewell to the series with her costars

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Laments Having to Share the Stage

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

“I’m sorry, I was told I would be up here alone, you know, to celebrate the showVeepbecause that is me. I was theVeep.”

— presenting a farewell to the series with her costars

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge & Bill Hader on Why Some Shows Are Meant to Be Limited

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Bill Hader

Waller-Bridge: “Some of these shows are just a bittoomuch.”

— explaining what a limited series is before presenting best supporting actor in a limited series to Ben Whishaw

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Tony Shalhoub Thanks Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino … and Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino

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Tony Shalhoub

— accepting outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series forThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

source: people.com