Maya Rudolph on Missing SNL

Here’s Maya Rudolph on how difficult it was to leave SNL: “It’s where I feel my heart is the most, the place I feel I gained the most confidence. It’s a weekly show, so we had to create all these new characters every week; you really develop yourself there because you’re constantly writing, figuring out your voice, producing these pieces. The choice to go was hard. I was raising a family, my daughter was very young at time, and it’s an arduous schedule. You’re writing constantly, then by the time Monday rolls around you’re pitching new ideas, then writing them, blocking, rewriting ‘til you get to Saturday, which ends at 1am, which is really Sunday, then it all starts again. It’s hard on your loved ones. I think it’ll be easier for me once my friends from SNL have left the show; it’s hard when I turn on the TV and see Kristen or Andy on there, all the people I love.” [via]

Maya Rudolph on Missing SNL