“It’s Not Over until You’re Dead”
Jennifer Coolidge I’m on a roll!
The 2023 Oscars were won by the actress Critics Choice Award For her portrayal as Tanya McQuoid (a fan favorite character on HBO’s hit series), she won the award for best supporting actress in drama series The White LotusAt Sunday night’s awards ceremony.
Coolidge, at 61, started her acceptance speech by saying “Thank You Very Much.” “Thank you, Critics Choice Awards.”
“Hey! What’s so funny?” She continued calling out an audience member, who seemed to be having a good time. “No, thank you. Although I’m sure you’ve heard quite a bit from me over the last month, I want to thank you for this honor. This is as good as it gets. This was not only from the east and west coasts, but across the country. And I just wanted to say “Thank you!”
Coolidge closed her speech and said: “I just want all the people out, for anyone that has kind of given up hope. I hope this gives them inspiration. It is not over when it’s done. It doesn’t end until you’re gone… “Thank you very much.”
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Coolidge has had a busy week. Coolidge won Tuesday’s 2023 Golden Globe Award as best supporting actress in a TV series, anthology series or TV movie.
Coolidge was emotional after accepting her award. Ryan Murphy, who she said was among five people who kept her going in the industry for 20 years with these “little jobs.”
She said that those gigs “would just suffice until the next one”, before noting that “Michael Patrick King kept me going for a while.”
“Then, there would be Reese.” [Witherspoon], you got me Legally Blonde I was able to keep going with five friends thanks to the Weiss brothers American PiesYou would know five episodes or sequels if you knew some of these things. American Pie. That I turned into gold. She stated, “I mean, I’ll still take six or seven, whatever the want.”
She also took a moment for her to express gratitude. White Lotus Creator Mike White.
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“I just want to say Mike White you gave me hope, even though this is the end because you did kill me off but it doesn’t matter because you really changed my life in a million different ways — my neighbors aren’t being mean to me, things like that — and none of those people, I was never invited to one party on my hill and now everyone’s inviting me!” She said.
Coolidge said, “It’s Mike White, this was something all of us,” before going on to praise the writer and director. “If Mike White doesn’t exist, this is the thing you should know. He’s concerned about the world. He’s worried for people. You’re concerned about animals. He’s one of the most amazing people I’ve ever known. His excitement makes people want to live longer than I did.
She was also awarded the Oscars. her first primetime Emmy this past September for her role as Tanya — calling her victory “a once-in-a-lifetime thing.”
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The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air live on The CW.