I go to the bathroom and I come back and I just had these messages.
Im like, Why would I have messages when Im 10,000 feet in the air?'
Hes like, An Emmy!

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and I was like, Oh, I guess it is that time of year.
The pressure of last year was, is an African American woman going to get it, finally.
I never really look to win.

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Its just always very beauitful when youre acknowledged by your peers.
Thats how I look at it, she says.
I never look at it as a lose or a win.

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If youre nominated and youre in that room, youre winning.
The 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards air Sunday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. Watch more of Hensons EW interview in the video, above.