A: No, I don't. I leave that to the writers, but I do give notes and discuss story lines with them. I try to flag when things get a little too outrageous or unbelievable or things don't make sense to me, but that's only about 20 percent of the time. Instead, I'm very involved in the editing process. That's my favorite part. I'm trying to learn as much as I can.

Q: Let's switch subjects to "The Simpsons." What's up with Harry Shearer? You've won three voiceover Emmys. Most of the cast has won at least one. Why do they pick on poor Harry? He's never won anything.

A: I didn't realize that! Not until you just mentioned it! I just assumed he had.

Q: Come on, this guy plays Mr. Burns, Smithers. He plays GOD and he can't win an Emmy!

A: God and Ned Flanders. And Kent Brockman, one of my favorite characters, and Principal Skinner.

Q: How many do you play? Apu? Chief Wiggum, Moe …

A: Yep. Moe, Comic Book Guy, the old Sea Captain, Dr. Nick--all the characters that are crazy and over the top. I don't know why Harry's never won. That doesn't make any sense. Harry's never been one to suck up or pander, shall we say, and to whatever extent that may have hurt him, I don't know. But he certainly is deserving of an Emmy.

Q: You won an Emmy for "Tuesdays with Morrie" and you beat John Malkovich and Danny Glover. Malkovich was up for "RKO 281," the Hearst movie. Danny was up for "Freedom Song."

A: Winning is always a thrill. You know those award shows. The cliché is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true. Whoever wins it in the end, I don't know, sometimes it feels arbitrary. Sometimes it feels like it's deserving. Sometimes it feels like they're rewarding a career rather than the specific performance, and I guess there's nothing wrong with that. But it always seems that whoever is "of the moment" wins those things. That's why I think the nomination is really the win because it represents the voters' honest acknowledgment that they liked the work.

Q: That's easy for you to say when you've got four Emmys on the shelf!

A: I've lost my share, too. I've lost several times without winning.

Q: All contenders have to pick one episode ahead of time for Emmy judging panels. Which "Huff" episode did you choose?

A: It's called "A Cornfield Grows in L.A." It's a real emotional, wild episode. I think it's my fanciest acting.