Jenny Slate is nominated for her first Emmy for her role in Dying for Sex .

Slate plays Nikki on the FX miniseries, and she told ABC Audio that, because she mostly lives in a small town in Massachusetts, she hasn’t been talking about the accomplishment all that much.

“It has been a lot of me privately trying to figure out what to do with the information. It’s flattering,” Slate said. “When I found out that people were talking about our show in terms of, like, maybe the show will get nominated for Emmys, that felt well-earned to me. It felt appropriate. But I also feel like I know myself enough to know that the prize always feels like getting another job.”

Slate said that while it is nice to feel celebrated by other people, the real prize is booking other jobs that can fulfi

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