Michaela Zee Bob Odenkirk is reflecting on his time as a writer on “Saturday Night Live.” In a recent interview on comedian Tig Notaro’s podcast “Don’t Ask Tig,” the “Better Call Saul” and “Breaking Bad” actor recalled a discussion he had with his 24-year-old son Nate, who wants to pursue a career as a comedy writer.
Odenkirk, who joined “SNL” at 25 years old, then shared his own insecurities writing professionally at a young age, saying, “I was unsure of myself.
It was hard. It was existentially dangerous. I had feelings of ‘I should erase myself.'” “I was too young when I got hired at ‘SNL,'” he continued. “That was not a good thing.
That could’ve gone wrong. That could’ve gone so wrong. It came this close so many times to going so wrong. You gotta believe me.
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