So when you got hired at SNL,
first, I mean that must have been thrilling.
Yes. You were back at 30 Rock.
Did that feel like full circle?
Yes, it definitely did.
I mean, there were so many things
like I remembered how weird the elevators are,
that like you pressed the buttn', you know,
like it was really cool to come back in that capacity.
I honestly, (laughs)
my pass got me less access than my intern pass.
(group laughing)
But yeah, it was really cool to come back in that way
and be in that building.
And yeah, it was definitely felt very full circle.
When you started at SNL, were you aware of the SNL interns
and were you like, oh, you know, I'm gonna be nice to them
because- Yes!
I always tried to be so nice to the interns
and you know, the thing that I remembered from Conan,
and this is funny because then it sort of changed for me,
but what I used to say to the interns
was I'd say the thing that used to stress me out
when I was an intern, was that when people
would ask for coffee with like milk,
like from Starbucks or whatever.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
I would get so stressed about how much milk to add.
(group laughing) And I was like,
just so you guys know, it doesn't matter.
Like, add as much milk as you want.
(Jessie and Mike laughing)
And then like, as I was there for longer,
I'd be like, can I have a little more milk?
But yeah, but in general that was the one thing
I used to say to them, to like not stress them out.
And the thing I remember about Conan, which he did,
which actually was a great thing to do in retrospect,
is he would ask for like a large coffee,
with like a cup of milk.
Uh-huh, so he could
add it himself? So he could add it himself.
Yeah.
And like, that is such a nice thing to do,
because then as an intern, you really are like
he decides, I don't have to worry about it.
Right.
It's like getting someone a gift card,
it's like, you don't have to. (Jessie laughing)
But like with the other,
I remember I was always so stressed, so that was the one
thing I would tell them. Yeah.
Well, 'cause you're right, at that age,
you don't drink coffee really, or you don't know
what kinda coffee you like. No, and you don't know,
and you think these are these fancy adults
and they probably have such specific things that they want.
And like, you just don't wanna screw it up.
Some of them are 23 years old, you know,
they've really lived. (Jessie and Vanessa laughing)
Also, back then, there were only two types of milk, now?
Yeah, that's true.
Now, what a landline. Oh my God, so many milks.
Yeah, so you really wanna put people at ease
and just yeah, yeah.
(Jessie laughing)
So I'd always try and be extra nice to the interns,
'cause yeah, it is it's so intimidating.
It's like when you've worked in food service,
and you're like, I know, I get it.
Yeah.
I'm gonna be nice to the wait staff.
Yeah, yeah.
If interns would ask you for advice
on how to get to where you work?
Yeah, sometimes they would.
What to do with curly hair. (Jessie laughing)
Yeah. (laughs)
Sometimes they would,
and I would just say depending on what you want to do.
I would just be like, you know,
write all the time, have a lot of stuff written,
and I said, like if you want to perform,
do as many shows as you can.
And the other thing that I really respected from the interns
was always when they were just really,
there were some interns that I really saw myself in.
Mm-hmm. And it was all the interns
that were really wanting to do a good job
and really kind of like, I just I also think
there's just like something to like treating,
even though like comedy and stuff is so silly,
is like treating the whole business like a job,
and being professional and all that kind of stuff,
and being kind and just like,
you know, that kind of stuff too.
And by the way, these interns were like in a job.
So, in terms of like going into comedy,
I would just say get on stage as much as you can.
And a lot of stuff that honestly writers told me
when I was at Conan, it was like, have the stuff ready
so that when you do get those opportunities
you're ready for them.
Right, don't wait for the job to start doing the work.
Yeah. Right.
You have to do it before you get the job.
Exactly.