Julia Louis-Dreyfusis in a very familiar position this morning:Emmy nominee.
They used to have these nominations, as I recall, much earlier in the morning.
So, seven oclock, I didnt get a call, I was like, Uh-oh.
HBO
I dont think things worked out for us this year.
I got a text from somebody later this morning.
So thats how I found out.
Youve been nominated every year of the show, winning all previous times.
So its particularly precious that this has happened.
[Veep, a three-time winner as Outstanding Comedy Series, was nominated again.
]Its supremely satisfying.
I dont know how else to say it.
We worked really hard.
We wanted to stick the landing.
We wanted to make an excellent final season.
That was our goal.
The win-at-all costs, collateral-damage-be-damned mentality of Selina this year was both delicious and disturbing to watch.
You had said that you felt it was a fitting way to end it.
I mean, even I was disturbed by it.
Selina sort of got what she wanted or so she thought.
Because it was hard.
I mean, my own mother was like, How could you do that to Gary?
And then she screams full force in his face, No!
That was like being in a cartoon.
[Laughs] That was like playing a cartoon character in that moment, bringing a cartoon to life.
That was very satisfying to do and I cant believe we did it.
And the way he falls, too, is so cartoonish.Isnt it incredible?
And he takes the map with him.
Did you notice theres a map thats on the couch and he takes it all down with him?
[Laughs] Just thinking about it still makes me laugh.
It was very hard to get too because I was laughing so hard every time.
Speaking of yelling, how happy were you for Peter MacNicol finally getting aVeepnomination?
]I havent called him yet!
Ive got to call him.
I amthrilledfor him, particularly given what happened.
People who are not in the scene with him would come to set to watch him do his thing.
I mean, that is how genuinely funny everybody on our show found him to be.
He had a fan club within theVeepuniverse that was a very large group.
And whats one prediction youre willing to make about this years Emmy ceremony?Umm….
I will have a snack in my clutch.
