Unlike a lot of comics, I didn't care about getting on 'Saturday Night Live.' That show had such history and was so established that I didn't see the point.
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I had a great time working on 'Saturday Night Live.' It was one of the important times in my life.
It's kind of hard coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' which is a sketch-driven show, to a movie.
If you look at shows like 'Def Comedy Jam' in its heyday, there were so many really funny, talented black comics that never would have gotten on that show because they just weren't doing comedy that fit that mold.
You know, I've never been a comic book person, just because that's not my gig and I don't have a television.
'Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny.
I have the show because I'm insecure. It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.
Every year, the Friday before the new Saturday-morning shows would premiere, the networks would do this big preview special, and I was always glued to the TV. As horrible as they were, they were entertaining at the time. There was a lot of showmanship from the networks based around the new lineup.
I wanted to be on 'Saturday Night Live' since I was ten.
I do miss Saturday Night Live, that's for sure. There's nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt I'd only been away for a week.
'Saturday Night Live' is a very particular beast. What it celebrates are individuals who can stand out. I did good work there, but going onstage and saying, 'Hey! Hey! Look at me! Aren't I funny?' - that just wasn't my instinct.
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