Although he could have just been reeling still from the bizarre opening of the show.

I thought we were being punkd as an audience, Piven said earnestly.

There was this really great line about Sarah Palins bridge to nowhere, but it was confusing.

Jeremy Piven, Primetime Emmy Awards 2008

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Is that what you want to say to me?

I was shocked when she told me, and I started to cry a little bit.

I would have started by talking about my penis, said thePushing Daisieshelmer.

And the winner of the Stewart-Colbert Funny-Off is……Stephen Colbert, hands down.

A reporter piped up: LikeEntertainment TonightandThe Insider!

We talk about that all the time.

Don Rickles would play McCain, Colbert said.

[And] maybe me for Sarah Palin, because I also have absolutely no business being vice president.

I thought I was the dark horse, Cranston said.

Breaking Badhad only seven episodes to air….Im thrilled really more for the show.

His bald head, Cranston explained, is due to his characters treatment for cancer.

The word was primary [for the Founding Fathers].

They believed the word over the sword, and the word could change the world.

We have to listen to what people say.

Ellis was clearly still steamed hed not had the chance to say so in his speech.

When I stood up there and opened my mouth, they were already flashing, Wrap it up.

Jeff Probst has amazing dimplesSeriously, theyre, like, engineering feats, those dimples.

We knew its going to be tough going in.

Every time we had one idea, one or two people didnt like it.

So thats why we had nothing [for our opening].

I dont know whether it worked or not according to Jeremy Piven, it didnt.

Im surprised theres such a segregated caste system at the Emmys, Weiner noted.

We have an amazing cast, and none of them were asked to present tonight.

Most of these networks are all owned by giant conglomerates.

I dont know why theres a distinction.

Were just happy to win and get noticed by our fellow artists.

As Fey talked, her30 Rockcostar Judah Friedlander took cell-phone pics with winnerAlec Baldwin.