I wasnt expecting any of it.
[Co-creator] Alec Berg and I are both kind of like, Whoa, Hader tells EW.
Im just happy HBO let us do it, and Im glad people are digging it.
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Its a weird concept, so its cool that people are on board.
He got nominations for all three of those tasks even though it was his first time directing anything.
Hader says hisSNLexperience taught him how to balance so many different creative tasks at once.
It wasnt a hard thing for me to navigate.
I was really prepared too.
I was very lucky that we put aside the time to prepare.
Hader says Thompsons nomination was long, long overdue.
He would always find laughs where there werent any.
Youd read the script and be like, I dont see anything there.
Barrys not that smart.
I can say that it feels a bit darker this season.
Its still funny, but where the character kind of goes is dark.
Well see what people think, but Im digging it.
As long as Alec and I are digging it, it seems like other people do too.
This years Emmy Awards will be held Sep. 17 at the Microsoft Theater in L.A.
