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Will Ferrell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
546 total appearances

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New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

He would have a job at a nightclub for... for six months to a year. And then, and they'd be like, well, that's over. I'm like, what happened? It was like nothing. They just said, we're done. And you have to go back out and search and do all this stuff. And so I thought, well, I'm never going to do that. You know, I want to, I want like a real job.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

He would have a job at a nightclub for... for six months to a year. And then, and they'd be like, well, that's over. I'm like, what happened? It was like nothing. They just said, we're done. And you have to go back out and search and do all this stuff. And so I thought, well, I'm never going to do that. You know, I want to, I want like a real job.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

He would have a job at a nightclub for... for six months to a year. And then, and they'd be like, well, that's over. I'm like, what happened? It was like nothing. They just said, we're done. And you have to go back out and search and do all this stuff. And so I thought, well, I'm never going to do that. You know, I want to, I want like a real job.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

I didn't know what that meant, even though I loved comedy. I loved making my friends laugh. I loved watching comedy. I loved, you know, everything about it. But I also love sports. And I played sports all throughout high school. And SC had this program that was like sports journalism. So I thought, oh, that's a... That's a blending of both. And, you know, sports center had probably just started.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

I didn't know what that meant, even though I loved comedy. I loved making my friends laugh. I loved watching comedy. I loved, you know, everything about it. But I also love sports. And I played sports all throughout high school. And SC had this program that was like sports journalism. So I thought, oh, that's a... That's a blending of both. And, you know, sports center had probably just started.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

I didn't know what that meant, even though I loved comedy. I loved making my friends laugh. I loved watching comedy. I loved, you know, everything about it. But I also love sports. And I played sports all throughout high school. And SC had this program that was like sports journalism. So I thought, oh, that's a... That's a blending of both. And, you know, sports center had probably just started.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

Let's see. I was in, I graduated in 90. So that was kind of the beginning of ESPN and boom.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

Let's see. I was in, I graduated in 90. So that was kind of the beginning of ESPN and boom.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

Let's see. I was in, I graduated in 90. So that was kind of the beginning of ESPN and boom.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

I want to be one of those guys, you know? And so I graduated and then was trying to get a job with local cable stations. And, you know, you have to like build a tape and send it out to these small markets to get hired as the, you know, the sportscaster in Arizona. Yeah.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

I want to be one of those guys, you know? And so I graduated and then was trying to get a job with local cable stations. And, you know, you have to like build a tape and send it out to these small markets to get hired as the, you know, the sportscaster in Arizona. Yeah.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

I want to be one of those guys, you know? And so I graduated and then was trying to get a job with local cable stations. And, you know, you have to like build a tape and send it out to these small markets to get hired as the, you know, the sportscaster in Arizona. Yeah.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

They have to be gold, dude.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

They have to be gold, dude.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

They have to be gold, dude.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

But at the same time, I thought, you know what? This itch is not going away. I better scratch it about the comedy thing. So at the same time, I started doing classes at this improv theater in Los Angeles called The Groundlings where โ€“ I had seen tons of people had gone on to sitcoms, to Saturday Night Live, to film and television, performers, writers, directors, everything. I thought,

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

But at the same time, I thought, you know what? This itch is not going away. I better scratch it about the comedy thing. So at the same time, I started doing classes at this improv theater in Los Angeles called The Groundlings where โ€“ I had seen tons of people had gone on to sitcoms, to Saturday Night Live, to film and television, performers, writers, directors, everything. I thought,

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

But at the same time, I thought, you know what? This itch is not going away. I better scratch it about the comedy thing. So at the same time, I started doing classes at this improv theater in Los Angeles called The Groundlings where โ€“ I had seen tons of people had gone on to sitcoms, to Saturday Night Live, to film and television, performers, writers, directors, everything. I thought,

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

oh, this is โ€“ they had a school I could kind of take all these classes at. And so I kind of was doing both at the same time. And I kind of found my โ€“ you know, you got to โ€“ as you guys probably know, you got to find your community. You got to find your support group. And that place in L.A., the Groundlings Theater, was where I felt safe enough to kind of go for it. And I was there for three years.

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Will Ferrell on Down Bad Buddy the Elf, Iconic SNL Audition & Ron Burgundy's Dating Advice | Ep 119

oh, this is โ€“ they had a school I could kind of take all these classes at. And so I kind of was doing both at the same time. And I kind of found my โ€“ you know, you got to โ€“ as you guys probably know, you got to find your community. You got to find your support group. And that place in L.A., the Groundlings Theater, was where I felt safe enough to kind of go for it. And I was there for three years.