Steven

Did you ever give up on yourself or did you ever doubt yourself while you were out in L.A. ? Yeah, definitely.

Did you ever give up on yourself or did you ever doubt yourself while you were out in L.A. ? Yeah, definitely.

That was my... What was the fixation with Saturday Night Live?

That was my... What was the fixation with Saturday Night Live?

Manchester United.

Manchester United.

Then you could do whatever for that if you play for Man U. It's slightly different with you because a lot of upcoming football players would be happy to play for any Premier League team. Man United is, of course, great, but they would aim for any Premier League team, whereas you seem to be religiously intent on it being Saturday Night Live.

Then you could do whatever for that if you play for Man U. It's slightly different with you because a lot of upcoming football players would be happy to play for any Premier League team. Man United is, of course, great, but they would aim for any Premier League team, whereas you seem to be religiously intent on it being Saturday Night Live.

This word obsession, it seems to be, earlier when I said, you know, the principles of all the characteristics that got you to where you are today, but clearly obsession is one of them. I mean, you're obsessed to an extent that I didn't actually realize with becoming a host on Saturday Night Live. Yeah. An obsession is a powerful force, isn't it?

This word obsession, it seems to be, earlier when I said, you know, the principles of all the characteristics that got you to where you are today, but clearly obsession is one of them. I mean, you're obsessed to an extent that I didn't actually realize with becoming a host on Saturday Night Live. Yeah. An obsession is a powerful force, isn't it?

Because it means that one can bang their head against an immovable object over and over again until the immovable object moves out its way. And that's kind of what you found yourself doing in LA. You're sat, you're going to these auditions, you're getting rejected. What was your mental health like in that period when you're in LA? Because you're dealing with constant rejection.

Because it means that one can bang their head against an immovable object over and over again until the immovable object moves out its way. And that's kind of what you found yourself doing in LA. You're sat, you're going to these auditions, you're getting rejected. What was your mental health like in that period when you're in LA? Because you're dealing with constant rejection.

You're running out of money. You're contending with having to go home. It wasn't the greatest.

You're running out of money. You're contending with having to go home. It wasn't the greatest.

Was there anything that this Jimmy might go back to that Jimmy and say to him at that time, if you could, some message that maybe he needed to hear that he wasn't hearing? Maybe advice?

Was there anything that this Jimmy might go back to that Jimmy and say to him at that time, if you could, some message that maybe he needed to hear that he wasn't hearing? Maybe advice?

Could you have imagined a reality where you didn't end up getting onto SNL at some point? So if we were sat here now, you're 50 years old, and you're sat here and you'd never done it. I would have done it. So this is what I'm getting at is,

Could you have imagined a reality where you didn't end up getting onto SNL at some point? So if we were sat here now, you're 50 years old, and you're sat here and you'd never done it. I would have done it. So this is what I'm getting at is,

I ask the question because there are areas of my life where... I sometimes reflect and go, I always thought that that was going to happen. And the consideration that that might not have happened makes, it's almost like this like, then life wouldn't have been real. Like then everything I believed would have been a lie.

I ask the question because there are areas of my life where... I sometimes reflect and go, I always thought that that was going to happen. And the consideration that that might not have happened makes, it's almost like this like, then life wouldn't have been real. Like then everything I believed would have been a lie.