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

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I guess I always have been a collector.

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collector guess been always

'Nathan for You' was my first time being in a writer's room, really.

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being you first-time time

I am the youngest of three boys, and I was super-informed by what the older ones were into.

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youngest older i-am three

I've always been kind of deep into thrifting and secondhand clothing.

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clothing deep always kind

I feel like I've got a pretty relatively extensive Christmas sweatshirt collection.

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i-feel-like pretty feel christmas

I still watch TGIF shows like 'Family Matters.'

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matters watch like family

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.

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cool tough reality people

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.

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never you character people

Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dava Carvey, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell - they're all the best.

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eddie-murphy will best adam

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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feel good me you

Generally, I'm attracted to videos that hit me some way nostalgically.

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videos some me way

I'm always pretty influenced by stuff from when we were younger.

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pretty were always stuff

I definitely am more observational of the people around me and how they interact and less introspective about myself.

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more myself me people

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.

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good know reality way

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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step think single family

Growing up in San Diego, my main interests were the Beatles, Louis Armstrong, 'Star Wars,' baseball cards, and drawing.

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growing-up drawing baseball cards

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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my-own guitar christmas brother

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.

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sketch music college school

Human interaction is awkward and weird, even if it happens without a microphone or camera.

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camera weird without human

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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day back three positive