Not More than 5% of Winning an Emmy: Chris Colfer
Chris Colfer is just exquisite as the smart and funny and sensitive Kurt Hummel on Glee.
As good as Chris is on the show and despite the fact that he won the Golden Globe back in January, he doesn’t
think he’s got more than a 5 percent chance of taking home the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series at the Emmys next month.
He talked about that and more withHuffington Post. Here are some excerpts:
You’ve been back on the set of “Glee” for about two weeks now, how does it feel?
We really didn’t have a summer off, so it doesn’t really feel any different, it feels like we’re continuing to do what we were doing. I don’t think I’ll ever take for granted the back lot, the huge back lot right behind our sound stage that I still get excited to walk through. It feels exactly the same, like we never left. I guess we never really did.
You’ve had storylines with a lot of characters over the past two years, is there any characters or actors you’d want to have a storyline with this season?
I would love to do more with Gwyneth (Paltrow) or Kristin (Chenoweth) if they come back. One person I really haven’t had much to do with is Jayma (Mays). I’ve never had much of a storyline with her. And I love Dot (Marie Jones), so I’d love to do some Kurt and Coach Beiste action.
We really didn’t have a summer off, so it doesn’t really feel any different, it feels like we’re continuing to do what we were doing. I don’t think I’ll ever take for granted the back lot, the huge back lot right behind our sound stage that I still get excited to walk through. It feels exactly the same, like we never left. I guess we never really did.
You’ve had storylines with a lot of characters over the past two years, is there any characters or actors you’d want to have a storyline with this season?
I would love to do more with Gwyneth (Paltrow) or Kristin (Chenoweth) if they come back. One person I really haven’t had much to do with is Jayma (Mays). I’ve never had much of a storyline with her. And I love Dot (Marie Jones), so I’d love to do some Kurt and Coach Beiste action.
You’ve said you want Kurt to get to do more funny scenes and less crying. Now that you’ve got the first few episodes started, should we expect to see crying Kurt or funny Kurt?
Well, I mean I think Kurt just likes to cry. He’s got a lot of emotion he’s just going to get out. I like both. I love being funny, and I love the dramatic scenes. I think I just love emotion in general. Whatever side of the spectrum I’m on, whether happy or sad, as long as it’s 100 percent pure emotion, I’m happy. I haven’t gotten to do too many comedic things with Kurt recently, so I’d love to tap into that more. But he’s been pretty funny so far in the first few episodes.
Well, I mean I think Kurt just likes to cry. He’s got a lot of emotion he’s just going to get out. I like both. I love being funny, and I love the dramatic scenes. I think I just love emotion in general. Whatever side of the spectrum I’m on, whether happy or sad, as long as it’s 100 percent pure emotion, I’m happy. I haven’t gotten to do too many comedic things with Kurt recently, so I’d love to tap into that more. But he’s been pretty funny so far in the first few episodes.
Your Emmy submission this year was the episode “Grilled Cheesus,” which deals with Kurt facing almost losing his father. What led you to pick that episode over some of the other stand-out ones this season?
It was the hardest decision that I ever had to make. It was definitely my Sophie’s Choice because we had so much great material to submit. What I did was I compared “Grilled Cheesus” to everything else that was in the running — “Never Been Kissed,” “Born This Way,” “Prom Queen” — and I just felt like there was nothing any of those episodes had that Grilled Cheesus didn’t. I went with my gut, and submitted that one. “Modern Family” has a 95 percent chance of winning so we’ll see. It’s me, John Cryer, and all of “Modern Family.”
It was the hardest decision that I ever had to make. It was definitely my Sophie’s Choice because we had so much great material to submit. What I did was I compared “Grilled Cheesus” to everything else that was in the running — “Never Been Kissed,” “Born This Way,” “Prom Queen” — and I just felt like there was nothing any of those episodes had that Grilled Cheesus didn’t. I went with my gut, and submitted that one. “Modern Family” has a 95 percent chance of winning so we’ll see. It’s me, John Cryer, and all of “Modern Family.”
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