Jane Lynch talks about hosting the Emmys

Jane Lynch (a.k.a. Sue Sylvester on Glee) talked to Entertainment Weekly about hosting this year’s Emmys, a gig officially announced last week: “I was on a plane after Upfronts and [producer] Mark Burnett was on the plane as well. He came up to me and said, ‘I’m producing the Emmys and you’re my first choice.’ And I said, ‘Wow! Okay!’ [Laughs] Then I went on vacation with [wife] Lara — we went to Bora Bora. We got an email from Mark Burnett saying, ‘I’m officially asking you to be the host.’ And I said, ‘Yes!’”

Lynch says she’s taking pointers from last year’s host Jimmy Fallon. “What I loved about what he did was he’s such a charming presence and he basically just stepped up there as himself,” says the actress. “He didn’t put on a funny hat or glasses — he just did his thing.”

Will she be wearing a track suit and stepping into the persona of Sue Sylvester at all on Emmy night?

” I have no idea,” she says. “I doubt it.”