“That meant a lot, and that gave me a little hope.”
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Eff it.'"
Forte said he came to understand that it was time to depart from Studio 8H.
“Over the next couple weeks, I just realized,” he explained.
Will Forte at a screening of ‘Bodkin’ in May 2024.Presley Ann/Getty
That’s just not gonna happen.
So at some point, you’re gonna have to leave.
We think this is probably a good time to leave!'
And I’m like, ‘Right after laying a major egg in the movies?’
“Lorne was awesome about it, and he’s fantastic.”
“I just didn’t do anything for about a year and a half,” he recalled.
“Adam SandlerandAndy Sambergreached out about being inThat’s My Boy,” he remembered.
But there was part of me that wanted to act, for sure."
“It was really fun doing it,” Forte said.
“That was a big deal when they gave me that job.
That meant a lot, and that gave me a little hope.
So that was also a big deal.”
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A further big break came with 2013’sNebraska, theAlexander Paynedirected dramedy that earned six Oscar nominations.
“It came outta nowhere.”
Are they gonna fire me and reshoot the first week?'
But that whole experience was just terrifying."
Watch the fullWhere Everybody Knows Your Nameinterview with Forte above.
