Before he secured his dream job,Andy Samberghad one important thing to do: chop the mop.In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek at Samberg’s interview withWillie GeistonSunday Today, the comedianrecalls how he was cast inSaturday Night Livein 2005 after being a fan of the sketch comedy show for years.“It was always the thing that I was like, ‘Man, if I could do anything, it’d be that,’ ” he says. “But to me it was like a little kid in Little League being like, ‘I want to be short stop for the Yankees!’ You’re like, ‘Oh great, so does everyone.’ ”When Samberg, 40, finally landed a meeting with creatorLorne Michaels, he couldn’t believe how seamlessly it went from there.“I went in and had my meeting with Lorne and he was basically like, ‘So you think you can do this?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I mean, I would try my hardest!’ ” says Samberg. “He was like, ‘Okay, well we’re all going to get dinner after so you should come.’ Then I walked out and all the people in his office were like, ‘So?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know what happened.’ And they were like, ‘You got it!'”“I was four years into working there and I still wasn’t sure I was on the show,” he quips. “Maybe I just started showing up and they didn’t want to turn me away.”Dana Edelson/NBC/GettyBut Michaels did have one specific request.“If you see pictures of me in the beginning ofSNL, my hair was insane — and it was worse before I started,” Samberg says with a laugh. “That was the cut-down, and Lorne did ask me in that meeting, ‘Would you be willing to cut your hair?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah! I’ll shave my head. I’ll do whatever you want.'”Samberg leftSNLin 2012. He currently stars inBrooklyn Nine-Nineon NBC.Catch the full interview this Sunday onSunday Today with Willie Geist, airing at 8 a.m. ET on NBC.
Before he secured his dream job,Andy Samberghad one important thing to do: chop the mop.
In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek at Samberg’s interview withWillie GeistonSunday Today, the comedianrecalls how he was cast inSaturday Night Livein 2005 after being a fan of the sketch comedy show for years.
“It was always the thing that I was like, ‘Man, if I could do anything, it’d be that,’ ” he says. “But to me it was like a little kid in Little League being like, ‘I want to be short stop for the Yankees!’ You’re like, ‘Oh great, so does everyone.’ ”
When Samberg, 40, finally landed a meeting with creatorLorne Michaels, he couldn’t believe how seamlessly it went from there.
“I went in and had my meeting with Lorne and he was basically like, ‘So you think you can do this?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I mean, I would try my hardest!’ ” says Samberg. “He was like, ‘Okay, well we’re all going to get dinner after so you should come.’ Then I walked out and all the people in his office were like, ‘So?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know what happened.’ And they were like, ‘You got it!'”
“I was four years into working there and I still wasn’t sure I was on the show,” he quips. “Maybe I just started showing up and they didn’t want to turn me away.”
Dana Edelson/NBC/Getty
But Michaels did have one specific request.
“If you see pictures of me in the beginning ofSNL, my hair was insane — and it was worse before I started,” Samberg says with a laugh. “That was the cut-down, and Lorne did ask me in that meeting, ‘Would you be willing to cut your hair?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah! I’ll shave my head. I’ll do whatever you want.'”
Samberg leftSNLin 2012. He currently stars inBrooklyn Nine-Nineon NBC.
Catch the full interview this Sunday onSunday Today with Willie Geist, airing at 8 a.m. ET on NBC.
source: people.com
