“He said, ‘Get out of your writer brain.'”
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Will Forteis reflecting on making the jump from comedy writer toSaturday Night Livecast member.
In your head, you’re kinda doing your own acting performance of it.
Will Forte and Lorne Michaels at the Museum of the Moving Image’s honoring of Michaels and Stanley S. Hubbard on May 11, 2009 in New York City.Credit:Rahav Segev/WireImage
Little did I know that I would get a chance to actually perform one day."
“But if somebody else wrote it for me, I would oddly hold back a little bit.”
That’s whenSNLbossLorne Michaelsstepped in.
Will Forte at the ‘Bodkin’ premiere in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024.JC Olivera/Variety via Getty
“He said, ‘Get out of your writer brain.’
And I did.”
Forte ultimately remained on the show for five more seasons until he departed in 2010.
Not every piece of advice is as helpful as Michaels’ was, however.
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Forte didn’t think that idea made any sense whatsoever.
And so we just kept doing it the way we were doing it."
Will Forte at the ‘Bodkin’ premiere in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024.JC Olivera/Variety via Getty
Bizarrely, the exec didn’t seem to mind or even notice that his note was ignored.
“But I hadn’t.
It was very weird.”
Watch the fullHot Onesinterview with Forte above.
