Even although Mark Duplass is up for an Emmy on Sunday for his work as Chip on “The Morning Show,” he admits he’s not getting ready an acceptance speech forward of the large evening.
“But I do have a tuxedo,” he informed me Friday evening on the Television Academy’s Performer Nominee Celebration on the Wallis in Beverly Hills. “I’m excited about my tuxedo.”
Then he cracked, “Have you see ‘Dumb and Dumber?’”
Duplass, who has by no means been shy about speaking about his psychological well being points, additionally revealed his Emmy morning plans to alleviate potential social nervousness he could expertise on the awards present.
“I’ll go to the gym and work out and try and get my social anxiety jitters out,” he mentioned. “I’m an elliptical guy. I used to be a runner, but I’m 47 now. Nothing can give you that runners high, but I want to keep my knees. I need my endorphins and the elliptical gives it to me. I like a four-mile, 36-minute ride with intervals. I can get pretty much get everything I need at that point. Then I go and walk and do my phone calls. It gets me to about 15,000 steps.”
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“The Morning Show” is up for 16 nominations, together with finest actress in a drama sequence nods for Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. Duplass referred to as deciding which co-star to vote for a “Sophie’s choice.”
“But, yes, I made a choice,” he mentioned, laughing when requested to disclose who he voted for.
Duplass is hoping his second appearing Emmy nom — he was additionally nominated in 2020 for “The Morning Show” — will appeal to extra consideration to his unbiased initiatives. “It’s cool, but I’ve divorced myself from the need to be nominated,” he mentioned. “I’ve gone to remedy. I’m a superb boy. But while you get it, you notice, ‘Oh, there’s nonetheless a little bit of an ego in there and it feels good to be stroked.’
“And then the pragmatic side of me is like, ‘Oh, maybe this will open more roles for me. Maybe this means I can cast myself in my own independent projects and they’ll sell for more and more people will see them because of this,’” he continued. “It’s like a whole eco-system for me.”
The Emmys airs on ABC on Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. PT.
