Television Commentary

Emmy Night's Big Moments

Emmy night's best moments -- Drea de Matteo was brief, Elaine Stritch had a lot to say, and eight other highlights from the show
| Sep 14, 2004
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Drea de Matteo: Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com

Drea de Matteo had a memorable 2004 Emmy moment

Most In-Character Speech
Drea de Matteo

No one watching at home really cares about a winner's shout-out to her agent, her lawyer, and various HBO execs. Even the winners sometimes balk: Accepting her supporting actress award for her Sopranos role, Drea de Matteo said that if she had to make such a list, ''I might puke, choke, cry, or die... and you've all already seen me do that.'' Instead, she told her supporters, ''I'm just going to go have 10 drinks and thank you all later.'' Wait, is that Adriana tawkin'?