You don't just decide to destroy a person by making up stuff, and no one at 'SNL' is writing to go after someone.

Sometimes when you're doing a comedy, the director will yell out "alts" and then the director gets the first laugh.

I want to go to there.

At some point, you realize that people might be laughing at your jokes because they're afraid not to laugh.

The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh.

I definitely think of myself still as a writer first, and feel like - with the lucky exception of this - any acting opportunity I've gotten is usually because I was writing on it. This is like a wonderful vacation. If you've ever sat in a writers' room it's the most disgusting, tortuous place, so it's a treat to be treated like a movie actor.

Most of my work is done before we start shooting, preparation work, so my normal day begins when I start writing, it might even be the night before.