Will Ferrell

But you're in front of a full audience that's supportive and there and they want to see you have fun. I'm on the ground in that studio playing around like a cat. No one. No one's in – Warren Michaels purposely had no one in the studio to like create the tension of late night – like he wanted to create the pressure of what it's like to be on Saturday Night Live TV.

So I'm in a void rolling around going – oh my god i'm going back to la this is not like because because there's no one loud there's no one in the there's no one in the studio there's just a camera operator and a sound guy oh my gosh so good this is so this is my one of my favorites So it was almost like a prisoner torture technique. I just had to fight through it.

So I'm in a void rolling around going – oh my god i'm going back to la this is not like because because there's no one loud there's no one in the there's no one in the studio there's just a camera operator and a sound guy oh my gosh so good this is so this is my one of my favorites So it was almost like a prisoner torture technique. I just had to fight through it.

So I'm in a void rolling around going – oh my god i'm going back to la this is not like because because there's no one loud there's no one in the there's no one in the studio there's just a camera operator and a sound guy oh my gosh so good this is so this is my one of my favorites So it was almost like a prisoner torture technique. I just had to fight through it.

They basically had to do an audition that was anywhere from five to eight minutes long of any of the characters of your choice. Oh, nice. Okay. So that was one of the – I did another – I did Harry Carey doing a play reading. Okay.

They basically had to do an audition that was anywhere from five to eight minutes long of any of the characters of your choice. Oh, nice. Okay. So that was one of the – I did another – I did Harry Carey doing a play reading. Okay.

They basically had to do an audition that was anywhere from five to eight minutes long of any of the characters of your choice. Oh, nice. Okay. So that was one of the – I did another – I did Harry Carey doing a play reading. Okay.

so i did my harry carey impersonation and i did i did this sketch that i think really got me the job which was uh this dad at a barbecue yelling at his kids to get off the shed um and that piece i auditioned with later became the sketch that was in i did in my very first show oh that's cool as a cast member so that's cool so they brought that one to life nice yeah

so i did my harry carey impersonation and i did i did this sketch that i think really got me the job which was uh this dad at a barbecue yelling at his kids to get off the shed um and that piece i auditioned with later became the sketch that was in i did in my very first show oh that's cool as a cast member so that's cool so they brought that one to life nice yeah

so i did my harry carey impersonation and i did i did this sketch that i think really got me the job which was uh this dad at a barbecue yelling at his kids to get off the shed um and that piece i auditioned with later became the sketch that was in i did in my very first show oh that's cool as a cast member so that's cool so they brought that one to life nice yeah

But it was awful. I was like, I had no idea if I did well or not. And you just left going, oh, well, I guess they'll call me.

But it was awful. I was like, I had no idea if I did well or not. And you just left going, oh, well, I guess they'll call me.

But it was awful. I was like, I had no idea if I did well or not. And you just left going, oh, well, I guess they'll call me.

Yeah, he can, it's funny. He's like, he can walk right by you or he can... Or you can pump you up. But yeah, sometimes you don't know where you stand with that guy. Oh, man.

Yeah, he can, it's funny. He's like, he can walk right by you or he can... Or you can pump you up. But yeah, sometimes you don't know where you stand with that guy. Oh, man.

Yeah, he can, it's funny. He's like, he can walk right by you or he can... Or you can pump you up. But yeah, sometimes you don't know where you stand with that guy. Oh, man.

I never imagined that I would get to play the president. Uh, because I wasn't, I wasn't known for doing political impressions or anything like that. So to get to do Bush for that law, like that was, and, and like, you know, you're going to be a go-to guy every week. Uh, that was pretty heady. That was pretty, that was really fun.

I never imagined that I would get to play the president. Uh, because I wasn't, I wasn't known for doing political impressions or anything like that. So to get to do Bush for that law, like that was, and, and like, you know, you're going to be a go-to guy every week. Uh, that was pretty heady. That was pretty, that was really fun.

I never imagined that I would get to play the president. Uh, because I wasn't, I wasn't known for doing political impressions or anything like that. So to get to do Bush for that law, like that was, and, and like, you know, you're going to be a go-to guy every week. Uh, that was pretty heady. That was pretty, that was really fun.

Uh, I loved, you know, I think about like doing the cheerleaders with Sherry O'Terry, uh, sketches I got to do with with Molly Shannon on a gas tire. We used to do this Bobby and Marty's sketch where we were like middle school music teachers who would perform and the kids would hate them. And the Robert Goulet sketches were really fun.