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" Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dava Carvey, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell - they're all the best. "
Kyle Mooney
Adam
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Adam Sandler
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" When you're making an independent feature, there are so many difficult stages. One, just writing the script is difficult on its own. Then, when you get it to a place where you're happy with it, great - but then you need to find persons who are willing to produce it, who like the script. "
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Need
Happy
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" I definitely am more observational of the people around me and how they interact and less introspective about myself. "
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How
More
Myself
" I've got a massive VHS collection in my apartment. Some people think that it's not a good thing, but I find comfort in it. "
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" Growing up in San Diego, my main interests were the Beatles, Louis Armstrong, 'Star Wars,' baseball cards, and drawing. "
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Up
Drawing
" 'Nathan for You' was my first time being in a writer's room, really. "
Kyle Mooney
First
You
First Time
" With 'SNL,' it's such an iconic institution. Throughout my 20s or maybe even in middle school or high school, it never felt like a real thing. It felt so distant, and I never imagined I could do that. "
Kyle Mooney
Never
High
High School
" A lot of my characters are people who are, in essence, lying to themselves. They present one thing, when in reality they're another thing. Maybe they're not as tough or as cool as they want to be. "
Kyle Mooney
People
Present
Reality
" I am the youngest of three boys, and I was super-informed by what the older ones were into. "
Kyle Mooney
Older
Am
Were
" One of the most positive takeaways I've had from 'SNL' is when we'd make videos back in the day: we'd just write material as we were inspired, and so, in a given year, we'd only put out two or three videos. "
Kyle Mooney
Three
Back
Year
" I guess I always have been a collector. "
Kyle Mooney
Been
Guess
Collector
" The Christian kids' movies are fun because so many of them are made with low production value, but they're still trying to appeal to a broad audience like a Sesame Street or something. It's always fascinating to see how hidden or obvious they want to make their message. Also, the acting in them can be pretty fun. "
Kyle Mooney
Fun
Value
Movies
" I'm the youngest of three boys, and my oldest brother was super into Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton and played guitar. I wanted to be like him, so I asked for a guitar of my own for Christmas in '93. "
Kyle Mooney
Own
Brother
Christmas
" I still watch TGIF shows like 'Family Matters.' "
Kyle Mooney
Like
Matters
Still
" My VHS collection certainly contains videos that I've had since childhood, and also tapes that my mom had taped off of the Disney Channel or HBO - you know, blank tapes with the 'Care Bears' movie or whatever is on there - but I feel like that collection started for real my freshman year of college. "
Kyle Mooney
Know
Childhood
College
" I studied film studies at USC. "
Kyle Mooney
Studies
Studied
USC
" In college, I pretty much abandoned music and started performing with the school's improv and sketch troupe, and at some point, that became my permanent thing. "
Kyle Mooney
Music
Sketch
School
" I definitely tried to skateboard in middle school, and being from San Diego, surf and skate culture is a big, prevalent thing. But I was not that good - I was kind of a chubby kid and didn't totally master skating. "
Kyle Mooney
Culture
School
Kind
" I don't write political stuff. I'm sure I've made attempts, but I don't tend to write very topical things, either. I admire those people who do because it's a talent I don't have. "
Kyle Mooney
People
Admire
Write
" I feel like I've got a pretty relatively extensive Christmas sweatshirt collection. "
Kyle Mooney
Feel
Got
Like
" I think, my first season on 'SNL,' I watched every single episode of 'Step by Step,' and a few years prior to that, I watched every single episode of 'Family Matters.' "
Kyle Mooney
Matters
Family
Season
" I do love critters. "
Kyle Mooney
Love
" I am generally a nostalgic person and super into the pop culture that I grew up on - I've got a framed ALF poster above my bed and a Mickey Mouse poster, and I've got this big VHS collection. "
Kyle Mooney
Bed
Person
Mickey Mouse
" I'm always pretty influenced by stuff from when we were younger. "
Kyle Mooney
Always
Younger
Stuff
" Generally, I'm attracted to videos that hit me some way nostalgically. "
Kyle Mooney
Way
Videos
Some
" It's always exciting to create a character that people can relate to, where people are like, 'Oh, I know this dude,' but maybe you've never actually seen this type of character on TV. "
Kyle Mooney
People
You
Character
" I've always been kind of deep into thrifting and secondhand clothing. "
Kyle Mooney
Kind
Deep
Clothing
" I feel like I'm a relatively well-adjusted person. "
Kyle Mooney
Like
Feel
I Feel
" Human interaction is awkward and weird, even if it happens without a microphone or camera. "
Kyle Mooney
Camera
Interaction
Human
" I immerse myself in things that meant something to me while I was growing up. "
Kyle Mooney
Myself
Things
Growing Up
" My mother is a Trekkie, and we're from San Diego, so I was going to Comic-Con when I was, like, 7 years old. "
Kyle Mooney
Mother
Like
Comic-Con