Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
BILL HADERI really enjoyed playing Vinny Vedecci, the Italian talk show host. He was the first character I ever came up with where I gave him a name and a way of dressing.
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Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M’s
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When I got to Saturday Night Live, it was a lot like going from pre-school to Harvard, and it took a long time to figure stuff out.
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I move out here, and next thing I know I’m 25, and the only thing I’ve heard is, ‘Can you get a coffee, can you hurry up with the thing, blah blah blah.’
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The best thing to do is to get out in front of an audience as much as you can, and learn from the experience.
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It’s not like you get up on stage and you’re immediately a genius. It takes a long time. So, don’t be discouraged.
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Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
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I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they’d want me to be in them.
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Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright – getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.
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I have nothing, I have no props.’ And that was Andy Samberg. And Andy Samberg said he was looking at me going, ‘Oh, that guy has no props. He doesn’t need props.’ And that was the first time we met, was in that elevator.
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A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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I’m never the romantic lead. I’m the guy walking in on the romantic lead, going, “Oh sorry! I’ll leave you guys alone.”
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It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.
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No one knows anything. You’re going to make mistakes and you’re going to do things that people think are stupid. You can’t sit there and go, “I never want to make a mistake.”
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I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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