LOS ANGELES - Reaction from some of Thursday's Primetime Emmy nominees:

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"I was like, 'I hope I don't wet my pants.'" — Melissa McCarthy, who helped announce the Emmy nominations, on learning during the early morning live telecast that she was nominated for lead actress in a comedy series for "Mike & Molly."

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"I hope we decide who gets the Emmy by a series of high-pressure penalty kicks, just like the World Cup." — Amy Poehler, nominated for lead actress in a comedy series for "Parks and Recreation."

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"It doesn't suck, I'll put it that way." — "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm, on how his nomination for lead actor in a drama series will affect his work day.

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"This is my first time to hear it from New York, and I have to tell you, what a civilized way to hear about the nominations, after 8 a.m. I was showered already. It was incredible." — Jim Parsons, nominated for a third time for lead actor in a comedy series for "The Big Bang Theory," commenting on the nominations announced before dawn on the West Coast.

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"That would be hilarious if we just rented one of those airport shuttles." — Ty Burrell, nominated for supporting actor in a comedy series for "Modern Family," on how the show's cast and crew might get to the Emmy ceremony.

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"I'm very excited. This time I'm going to put a whole rabbit on my key chain." — Hugh Laurie on his sixth nomination for lead actor in a drama series for "House."

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"That's what's so great about playing a drunk has-been. You don't have to move on unless they want you to." — Kirstin Chenoweth, nominated for her guest-starring role on "Glee," about the possibility of appearing on the show in the future.

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"When you're coming up as an actor, you always hear the stories of the early morning phone call and being awakened out of bed, so believe me, getting awakened with that phone call, it's pretty much something that you aspire to." — Connie Britton, nominated for lead actress in a drama series for "Friday Night Lights."

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"I'm a really deep sports-orientated person, so to me it's always been about scoreboard, and I scored a lot of runs late in the game to get a nomination." — Bruce Dern, nominated for his guest-starring role in "Big Love."

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"To confirm people's image of what goes on here, yes, we would have been drinking tonight no matter what. And this afternoon." — Matthew Weiner, creator of "Mad Men," nominated for a leading 19 Emmys.

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"I thought, 'Wait until I tell Pontiac.' My dog is wagging his tail." — Seven-time Emmy winner Betty White, nominated for supporting actress in a comedy series for "Hot in Cleveland."

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"My mother's in town. The phone started ringing at 5:30, and she came upstairs in her pajamas. She thought it was like an earthquake or something." — Matt LeBlanc, nominated for lead actor in a comedy series for "Episodes."

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"In Belgium so my EMMY response will b in Flemish: wauw! ik ben zo blij en fier over onze cast en onze show. Ik ben heel dankbaar en vereerd." — Twitter post from Eric Stonestreet, nominated for supporting actor in a comedy series for "Modern Family."

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"I'm really excited. I'm with my daughter, I woke her up as well and she was really excited about it. I said, 'Daddy got nominated for an Emmy.' She's like, 'Really?' She goes, 'Daddy, you're going to be as famous as the guys from 'Twilight.'" — Double nominee Idris Elba, up for lead actor in a miniseries or movie for "Luther" and guest actor in a comedy series for "The Big C."

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"For a misfit like me to somehow get away with stealing an Emmy nomination, it's a strangely delicious collision between feeling honor bound to my community to properly report the self-evident robbery that I feel my blasphemous nomination constitutes and a feeling of re-inventing the physics of flight." — Jeremy Davies on his nomination for guest actor in a drama series for "Justified."