John Leguizamo caught up with Billboard’s Tetris Kelly on the red carpet of the 2024 Emmy Awards.
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00:00So you've had such an incredible TV career obviously and you continue to work on great shows like Greenvale, so what are you excited about tonight?
00:06Well, I'm beating all the diversity in here. This is the most diverse Emmys in its 76 year history
00:12And that's something you've also fought a lot for and been very vocal about so how do you feel like the industry is reflecting diversity?
00:18Dude, I think it's starting to happen. It's it's still incremental. I want much much more. I want parody, but we're getting close
00:25We're getting something. I mean tonight
00:26I'm presenting the first Latino Emmy chairman, and it's 76 year history, so it's a historic moment
00:32That is very historic now
00:33What is our show that you've been watching that you feel like is representing everything very well and that you're excited to see come back?
00:38Oh my god, um
00:40The bear got some Latinx folk in there
00:44Baby reindeers got some LGBTQ plus folk and a Latina
00:49Yeah, that's a pretty Griselda
00:53Yeah, yeah, I'm trying I'm trying
00:56My god you gotta not be working
00:58Exactly and then if you could work with a musician on any show
01:01What would you who would you work with who would you want to cast the roots?
01:04I want to work with the roots quest love Tariq. I think they're the greatest musicians on earth
01:10Thank you so much for hanging out with us and have fun presenting that award tonight. I'm gonna have a blast
01:14I get three minutes. Oh wait. Hey listen. Don't let them turn the music on you. No. I know I don't get the whole game
01:19It's a Sandman
01:25You