Jimmy Fallon

Just keep doing it and keep doing auditions and working on these lines and you should get an acting coach and go bring the lines to the acting class and go, here's, can you do Get Out of the Pool? You know, whatever better. So it just got over and over again. You get rejected and you wouldn't get parts. I got...

no parts I probably auditioned for you know 30 shows and movies and stuff like that and you just kind of it's tough it's really tough say anyone going into the business or acting or any of that stuff the entertainment stuff you're going to get beat up it's going to be to the point where you're like I'm so depressed I can't do it but just know that if you can just get through it and keep working eventually whatever it is is going to happen in life will work out

no parts I probably auditioned for you know 30 shows and movies and stuff like that and you just kind of it's tough it's really tough say anyone going into the business or acting or any of that stuff the entertainment stuff you're going to get beat up it's going to be to the point where you're like I'm so depressed I can't do it but just know that if you can just get through it and keep working eventually whatever it is is going to happen in life will work out

maybe you won't even be an actor, but maybe you'll be a lighting director. Maybe you'll work on sets. Maybe it won't be acting, but it will get you to where you're supposed to be if you just keep going and keep doing it. And I just kept kind of telling myself that. You know, I ran out of money, and I was like, I'm going to have to go home.

maybe you won't even be an actor, but maybe you'll be a lighting director. Maybe you'll work on sets. Maybe it won't be acting, but it will get you to where you're supposed to be if you just keep going and keep doing it. And I just kept kind of telling myself that. You know, I ran out of money, and I was like, I'm going to have to go home.

to live with my parents and probably go back to college if they can let me back in. I think I even might have looked into it, but I was just so bummed out because that's not what I wanted at all. I wanted to be on Saturday Night Live. And, you know, it's just... reality was like, oh, you almost didn't feel like living in this world because it's like people couldn't believe that.

to live with my parents and probably go back to college if they can let me back in. I think I even might have looked into it, but I was just so bummed out because that's not what I wanted at all. I wanted to be on Saturday Night Live. And, you know, it's just... reality was like, oh, you almost didn't feel like living in this world because it's like people couldn't believe that.

They're like, that's not reality. You can't just say I'm going to be on Saturday Night Live. I remember going to my Groundlings class. My first teacher was great. His name was Jim Wise. And he goes, what do you want to do? And he would go around the horn. And people were like, I want to be in movies. I want to be in a TV show. I want to be in a sitcom.

They're like, that's not reality. You can't just say I'm going to be on Saturday Night Live. I remember going to my Groundlings class. My first teacher was great. His name was Jim Wise. And he goes, what do you want to do? And he would go around the horn. And people were like, I want to be in movies. I want to be in a TV show. I want to be in a sitcom.

And I said, I want to be on Saturday Night Live. That's very specific. That's like, yeah, it's one in a zillion. That's what I want. And he brought that up to me, brings it up. He's like, I'll never forget that. You said that that's what you wanted to do. And that was my ultimate, ultimate. I said, if I do nothing else in life, that's all I wanted to do.

And I said, I want to be on Saturday Night Live. That's very specific. That's like, yeah, it's one in a zillion. That's what I want. And he brought that up to me, brings it up. He's like, I'll never forget that. You said that that's what you wanted to do. And that was my ultimate, ultimate. I said, if I do nothing else in life, that's all I wanted to do.

And, like, even if that... If I got on for one season or one episode, then I could do whatever I could. I didn't care what I did after that.

And, like, even if that... If I got on for one season or one episode, then I could do whatever I could. I didn't care what I did after that.

I think my parents loved it and their friends loved it, but that was what they would watch. And that was, like, the pinnacle of comedy. That was the best comedy show in America. And so that was the best. So it's like playing for the greatest... Team, you know, playing for the Yankees or, you know, whatever. I don't know soccer, but Arsenal? I have no idea.

I think my parents loved it and their friends loved it, but that was what they would watch. And that was, like, the pinnacle of comedy. That was the best comedy show in America. And so that was the best. So it's like playing for the greatest... Team, you know, playing for the Yankees or, you know, whatever. I don't know soccer, but Arsenal? I have no idea.

Oh, Manchester United. You couldn't help yourself. Oh, my gosh. But yes, playing for that. You want to play? Play for the best. If you can make it there, that's the best team.

Oh, Manchester United. You couldn't help yourself. Oh, my gosh. But yes, playing for that. You want to play? Play for the best. If you can make it there, that's the best team.

Yeah, it had to be that, because I think that's what we would watch, we would talk about. As a family. As kind of a family, yeah, as a family. They would tape it. We were one of the first families to have a VCR, which is anyone young listening to this podcast. a videocassette recorder. So it would tape, it's like a DVR, digital video recording.

Yeah, it had to be that, because I think that's what we would watch, we would talk about. As a family. As kind of a family, yeah, as a family. They would tape it. We were one of the first families to have a VCR, which is anyone young listening to this podcast. a videocassette recorder. So it would tape, it's like a DVR, digital video recording.

So it's a videocassette and you would tape it on these giant tapes and they would record two hours on television. And so we would tape the show and then you could rewatch it.