“I think if you ask any of us here, we all dreamed of ending up on Saturday Night Live. I remember thinking, 'I'll just keep doing this as long as I can get away with it.'” IfsThinkingLongI CanRememberNightAsksComedyGet AwaySaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Tina Fey
“Trying to be a leader in a sort of very atypical workplace like 'Saturday Night Live' forces you to realize that no one wants you to be their leader. If you can help them get their thing on TV or whatever, they want that. But no adult is looking for a role model.” IfsWantTryingHelpingNightForceRealizingLeaderRolesTvsModelsAdultsRole ModelsSaturdayWorkplaceSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Tina Fey
“When I started on 'Saturday Night Live,' I had the choice of wearing contact lenses, which I had never worn before, or glasses, in order to be able to read the cue cards.” AbleNightOrderChoicesGlassesContactCardsWornSaturdayLensesSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveContact Lenses Author:Tina Fey
“I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live.” WayFirstsBookJobsNightSaturdayZombieSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Max Brooks
“If I knew anything about what people wanted and was popular, I'd still be writing for 'Saturday Night Live'. I can only write what I want, and hopefully people will like it.” PeopleIfsWantWritingStillsI CanWantedNightHopefullySaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Max Brooks
“I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre to film work. I just think the audience is used to seeing me on 'Saturday Night Live,' and 'K-9,' and 'Curly Sue' and of course, 'According to Jim.' I think that my comedies have been the most popular.” ThinkingHas BeensDoneFilmUsedNightCoursesAudienceComedySeeingDramaStonesTheatreMy TimeSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:James Belushi
“And I watch Saturday Night Live religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.” LittlesNightSportsBoysWatchesTeamMy FavoriteSaturdayLittle BoysSaturday NightSports TeamSaturday Night LiveFavorite Sports Author:Ty Burrell
“I had auditioned for 'Saturday Night Live' two or three times before and never really saw myself there. I looked up to Belushi and Bill Murray and Aykroyd and I never saw myself as in their world.” WorldTwoNightThreeSawsBillsSaturdayThree TimesSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Dana Carvey
“Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.” YearsWellsNightComedyTelevisionSevenVarietySaturdaySeven YearsSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveSketch Comedy Author:Dana Carvey
“I mean, sitcoms shouldn't be doing 'Saturday Night Live.' You can't just do bit after bit after bit. You have to string it together with tight writing and performances. Hollywood seems to have forgotten how to do this.” WritingMeanSeemsTogetherNightBitsHollywoodPerformancesForgottenStringsSaturdaySitcomSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Joyce DeWitt
“I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's very hard to do that. You think about it, you go back in time, you can say, "Well, there's, like, 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Rolling Stone' or MTV." I think 'Vice' is in that category now.” ThinkingWellsMeanHardAbleNightTermAudienceStonesConnectionsVicesCategoriesRollingSaturdaySaturday NightRolling StonesMtvBack In TimeSpadesMeasure Of SuccessSaturday Night LiveGo Back In Time Author:Tom Freston
“The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live.” CharacterNightVoiceOne ThingSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Phil Hartman