-Oh, wow!
Thank you so much.
Wow!
And thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press.
[ Cheering and applause ] It really means a lot.
Thank you. I --
Wow. I am --
Yeah, can -- I can put this down, right?
[ Laughter ] You know, I just --
I don't work out, you know what I mean?
I can't hold it that long.
But I'm --
You know, I am --
This is such a great night.
I'm so glad to be here
and be in the company of all of you.
And, Hollywood Foreign Press, thank you.
I just want to say, you know, there were --
so many people are in this room.
[ Crying ] There were like five people that --
that kept me going for, you know,
20 years with these little jobs.
And Ryan Murphy, you were one of them.
You know, these little jobs that like kept me going.
There was --
It was like five [indistinct].
It was like, you know, you, Ryan, and, um --
And, let's see, we got --
Well, who else is there?
[ Laughter ] It was just you, Ryan.
I don't know.
[ Applause ]
No, but I mean, you just --
I didn't have like --
You know?
No, I didn't know anybody and it never --
it just was sort of this thing that wasn't going anywhere.
Anyway, you know --
And then there were these people who would sort of
give you these cute little jobs
and it would just be enough
to get to the next one, next one.
Even Michael Patrick King,
you kept me going for a long time.
But, you know, and then there would be, you know,
Reese, you got me, you know, "Legally Blonde."
And then the Weiss brothers kept me going with like five
because some of these things would go like five,
you know, five different episode--
you know, five different sequels of "American Pie."
I milked that to the bone.
[ Laughter and applause ]
I mean, I'm still going for six or seven,
whatever they want, you know?
[ Laughter ] But, um, but I just want to say,
you know, this is not, you know, how my agents at UTA
and Tiffany [indistinct]
if you'll all forgive me, tonight, you know,
I've just -- the hook came out
at the last thing I got an award at.
You know, this giant hook I don't even see.
I thought it left when vaudeville ended,
[ Laughter ] but this hook came out and took me off the stage at the Emmys
and I didn't get to say what I really wanted to say,
which is, you know, I didn't get to say Mike White.
[ Cheering and applause ] I, um --
I just, you know.
I just truly, you know.
I just want you all to know that I had such big dreams
and expectations as a younger person,
but what happened was they, you know,
they get sort of fizzled by life or whatever.
And, you know, I thought I was going to be
queen of Monaco, even though someone else did it.
[ Laughter ] But, you know, I had these giant ideas, you know,
and then you get older and you're [audio drop]
going to happen anymore.
[ Laughter ] And I just want to say,
Mike White, you have given me hope for --
just you've given me a new beginning.
Even if this is the end, because you did kill me off,
[ Laughter ] but it doesn't matter because,
even if this is the end... [ Applause ]
...you sort of changed my life in a million different ways.
And my neighbors are speaking to me, things like that.
[ Laughter ] And --
No, I mean it.
None of those people. I was never invited
to one party on my hill and now, everyone's inviting me.
[ Laughter ] And, um --
And I just, you know, it's to you, Mike White.
And I just want to say this is something all of, you know,
if you don't know Mike White, this is what you should know.
It's like he's worried about the world.
He's worried about people.
He's worried about friends of his that aren't doing well
or if they're doing -- he's always worried about people.
You're worried about animals, all that.
And I just --
he really is one of the greatest people I've ever met.
I mean, he gives me so much excitement to be.
[ Walkoff music plays ] You make people want to live longer, and I didn't.
So, anyway, I just want to say Mike White --
[Audio drop]
Sorry, no.
Mike!
I love you to death.
Dave Burnett, I love you.
I just want to say, um, this is [audio drop] a fun night.
Thank you! Thank you!
[ Cheering and applause ]