Tina Fey

Something I think about a lot, and I fall short of it constantly, but a million years ago, I was a writer still at SNL, and I remember Steve Martin came to do something on the show. He wasn't hosting, but he came to the show, and he had just been on Letterman the night before. And I said, oh, hi, how you doing? I said, oh, my gosh, you were so funny on Letterman last night.

And he just very matter-of-factly said, oh, well, you have to kill every time. And that has haunted me every day since. And he's right. And it's like, oh, right. Like if you're a beautiful actress from, I don't know, like Melrose Place. No, just whatever. Like you're just a beautiful actress. You can go on and be like, I went to the store once.

And he just very matter-of-factly said, oh, well, you have to kill every time. And that has haunted me every day since. And he's right. And it's like, oh, right. Like if you're a beautiful actress from, I don't know, like Melrose Place. No, just whatever. Like you're just a beautiful actress. You can go on and be like, I went to the store once.

And he just very matter-of-factly said, oh, well, you have to kill every time. And that has haunted me every day since. And he's right. And it's like, oh, right. Like if you're a beautiful actress from, I don't know, like Melrose Place. No, just whatever. Like you're just a beautiful actress. You can go on and be like, I went to the store once.

But if you're a comedy person, you have to kill every time. Yeah.

But if you're a comedy person, you have to kill every time. Yeah.

But if you're a comedy person, you have to kill every time. Yeah.

No, no, never. Because again, I'm not really so interesting on paper. Like I remember going to commercial auditions in Chicago and we had friends at that time. Chicago was a thriving town for commercials. I don't know if it still is, but there were, you know, huge ad agencies were based there and they would shoot things in Chicago. And a lot of people that we worked with at Second City were,

No, no, never. Because again, I'm not really so interesting on paper. Like I remember going to commercial auditions in Chicago and we had friends at that time. Chicago was a thriving town for commercials. I don't know if it still is, but there were, you know, huge ad agencies were based there and they would shoot things in Chicago. And a lot of people that we worked with at Second City were,

No, no, never. Because again, I'm not really so interesting on paper. Like I remember going to commercial auditions in Chicago and we had friends at that time. Chicago was a thriving town for commercials. I don't know if it still is, but there were, you know, huge ad agencies were based there and they would shoot things in Chicago. And a lot of people that we worked with at Second City were,

would get a lot of work that would pay for their whole year. I did a little bit of voiceover work. I had a pager. Remember, you'd have a pager. You'd be like, guys, my pager's blowing up. I might have a voiceover audition downtown. I got to go.

would get a lot of work that would pay for their whole year. I did a little bit of voiceover work. I had a pager. Remember, you'd have a pager. You'd be like, guys, my pager's blowing up. I might have a voiceover audition downtown. I got to go.

would get a lot of work that would pay for their whole year. I did a little bit of voiceover work. I had a pager. Remember, you'd have a pager. You'd be like, guys, my pager's blowing up. I might have a voiceover audition downtown. I got to go.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, because, by the way, that's insane. Yeah. Like that's that's that's one of the that's a tiny micro version of when we try to explain the 90s to younger people of like how so many things you like. Oh, that lady would literally be fired and tried in front of a jury for asking you that in the workplace. I had a bite and smile type thing where it was a McDonald's audition and.

Yeah, because, by the way, that's insane. Yeah. Like that's that's that's one of the that's a tiny micro version of when we try to explain the 90s to younger people of like how so many things you like. Oh, that lady would literally be fired and tried in front of a jury for asking you that in the workplace. I had a bite and smile type thing where it was a McDonald's audition and.

Yeah, because, by the way, that's insane. Yeah. Like that's that's that's one of the that's a tiny micro version of when we try to explain the 90s to younger people of like how so many things you like. Oh, that lady would literally be fired and tried in front of a jury for asking you that in the workplace. I had a bite and smile type thing where it was a McDonald's audition and.

And everything always was like, OK, so take, you know, two trains and a thing and get way out to wherever this audition is. Then you get there and you and it was for some new kind of happy or drive through meal, whatever. And I went all the way to the thing and I got there and I realized as we were going into the session, like, oh, this this commercial is for a person pulling into a drive through.