Will Ferrell Calls SNL “The Hardest But Most Fun Job”
It’s the holiday season, so you’re probably watching Will Ferrell as Buddy the elf in Elf. Just before playing that iconic Christmas role, he had just finished his time with SNL. In an interview with People, Will Ferrell looks back fondly on his time at Saturday Night Live.
I had a wonderful seven seasons on that show, where I made lifelong friends.
I knew in that moment it would be the hardest but most fun job I would ever get to do, and I still look back on it that way.
He goes on to comment on SNL’s 50th season:
It’s really an amazing thing that you have this live television show that still continues to put its finger on the pulse of what we’re all thinking about, and it’s a real credit to Lorne for having thought of it in the first place.
It was the one thing I always dreamed about being a part of.
It’s kind of enormous to think about in a way, 50 years of what has really defined American comedy.