Fortune Feimster

I loved it.

But I did not know you could do that for a living.

So I moved to L.A.

21 years ago, which seems wild now.

And not to pursue comedy, just I had a job that I was going to do and it was just kind of a life experience.

And I had a really hard time making friends because, you know, in the South, you...

going to a gas station and chat with people.

It's not like that in LA.

Everyone kind of keeps to themselves.

You don't really talk to your neighbors.

Is that right? I did some theater in college. No comedy. But it was in the South, in North Carolina. So it was like us trying to do Shakespeare with these crazy-ass Southern accents. And it just... Yeah, I hadn't really been exposed to the comedy part yet, other than growing up watching Saturday Night Live and the reruns of the Carol Burnett show.

Is that right? I did some theater in college. No comedy. But it was in the South, in North Carolina. So it was like us trying to do Shakespeare with these crazy-ass Southern accents. And it just... Yeah, I hadn't really been exposed to the comedy part yet, other than growing up watching Saturday Night Live and the reruns of the Carol Burnett show.

Is that right? I did some theater in college. No comedy. But it was in the South, in North Carolina. So it was like us trying to do Shakespeare with these crazy-ass Southern accents. And it just... Yeah, I hadn't really been exposed to the comedy part yet, other than growing up watching Saturday Night Live and the reruns of the Carol Burnett show.

It's a little more isolating.

And so I started taking classes at the Groundlings where like Will Ferrell and Melissa McCarthy, all these people I'd studied at, Kristen Wiig.

And the dream was to be on SNL.

But again, it was like,

I think that's the only way to do comedy is if you get on SNL.

So that was my path for a long time.

So I knew comedy, I loved it, but I did not know you could do that for a living. So I moved to L.A., 21 years ago, which seems wild now. And not to pursue comedy, just I had a job that I was going to do, and it was just kind of a life experience. And I had a really hard time making friends because, you know, in the South, you... Go to a gas station and chat with people.