Chandra Wilson is weighing in on her "Grey's Anatomy" co-star Katherine Heigl's controversial decision to not submit herself for an Emmy this year.

At a press conference Tuesday for her upcoming Hallmark Channel movie, "An Accidental Friendship," Wilson said, "It's amazing to me that it got so blown out of proportion. If you ask every single actor on every single show they'll tell you the same thing. Some years you submit, some years you don't."

She explained, "I think the public doesn't understand -- it's not about your body of work -- it's about the show [and] especially when you deal with the drama category, it has to be high drama. It can't be something in the middle."

In early June, Heigl disclosed that she had not submitted her name to be considered for an Emmy this year for her work on "Grey's Anatomy."

"I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention," she told Gold Derby writer Tom O'Neil at the L.A. Times Envelope Web site. "In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials."