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" Generally, I'm attracted to videos that hit me some way nostalgically. "
Kyle Mooney
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" 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. "
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" Whenever anybody says what you do isn't good, it's always unflattering and makes me feel uncomfortable. But when the person who's in charge of the United States of America says, 'Not good,' I'm like, 'Oh.' It's a little unflattering. "
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" 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. "
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" Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dava Carvey, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell - they're all the best. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" I immerse myself in things that meant something to me while I was growing up. "
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" 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
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Like
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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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Happy
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" I studied film studies at USC. "
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Studies
Studied
USC
" When I was a kid, I was really into the shows my older brothers were into. I got all the action figures handed down to me, but I couldn't go to the store to buy new ones because they were discontinued; they didn't exist anymore. "
Kyle Mooney
Kid
Go
New
" 'Nathan for You' was my first time being in a writer's room, really. "
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First
You
First Time
" I'm always pretty influenced by stuff from when we were younger. "
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Younger
Stuff
" 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. "
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Culture
School
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" A lot of the characters I play seem to be lying to themselves in some way. They maybe present themselves as confident or good at something, but in reality, it's clear that they don't know what they're talking about. "
Kyle Mooney
Play
Know
Good
" 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
" 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 am more observational of the people around me and how they interact and less introspective about myself. "
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Myself
" 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. "
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" I feel like I've got a pretty relatively extensive Christmas sweatshirt collection. "
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Like
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Good
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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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Baseball
Up
Drawing
" 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. "
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Fun
Value
Movies
" I am the youngest of three boys, and I was super-informed by what the older ones were into. "
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Were
" 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. "
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Write
" I guess I always have been a collector. "
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Guess
Collector
" I do love critters. "
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Love
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