I worked with the Groundlings, doing sketch comedy and improv at a theater here in L.A. It was my hobby, but I took classes and stayed passionate about it because it's what I wanted to do. It just fit. It takes a while before you can actually make money at it. I worked for years.
People who I've worked with are always like, 'Why aren't you doing comedy? You're funny!' because they've only seen the one side. I did do the comedy 'Whatever Works,' with Woody Allen and Larry David.
I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I got sidetracked into clubs and started doing comedy.
Going from drama to just straight-up comedy with Tommy Davidson and Jamie Foxx - what a blast.
How long does it take to make 'They Think It's All Over?' It's just laughing at each other and thinking, 'Aren't we clever?'
I'm fascinated by comedy.
I've always been funny, but I never considered it as a particular career path until my early 30s, when I realized that hip-hop wasn't going to be the long term.
My most frequent collaborators at S.N.L. are the incredibly gifted writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider!
I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.
I'd love to do a really broad comedy at some point.
Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv.
Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing. It always has the potential to be a blast.
I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that.
Before you get to 'SNL,' you have your own sensibility. And when you get to 'SNL,' it's the show's sensibility.
I was hired as an assistant at 'SNL' in 2002.
I've been doing comedy for 20 years now. I started when I was 13 and I think for the first 10 years I was impersonating other people.
You can go on 'Saturday Night Live' now and not even play live.
My heroes were Gene Wilder, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.
I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world.
Whatever I did on 'Saturday Night Live' is going to stay and remain on 'Saturday Night Live.'
If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.
After college, I knew I wanted to work in comedy, so the first thing I did was go to where the comedy was. I moved from Charlottesville to Chicago, because that's where The Second City and Improv Olympics are. You have to go wherever you need to go to study what interests you.
I have an affinity for comedy because I like to watch them. It's an honor to make comedies because I love being able to pop something into the DVD player and laugh. I love doing it.
When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.
