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Andy Samberg ascended to prominence on “Saturday Night Live,” but he faced tremendous hurdles along the way. In a recent episode of Kevin Hart’s Hart to Heart, Samberg discussed his departure from the show in 2012, detailing the impact it had on his mental and physical health.
n 2012, Samberg said, he couldn’t “endure it anymore” as he was” falling apart in my life.”
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“Physically, it was taking a heavy toll on me and I got to a place where I was like I hadn’t slept in seven years basically,” he said. “We were writing stuff for the live show Tuesday night all night, the table read Wednesday, then being told now come up with a digital short so write all Thursday, all Thursday night, don’t sleep, get up, shoot Friday, edit all night Friday night and into Saturday, so it’s basically like four days a week you’re not sleeping, for seven years.
“So I just kinda fell apart physically,” he added.
Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone founded the popular trio Lonely Island, which produced legendary Saturday Night Live shorts. After leaving the show, Samberg felt the burden of creating content alone and acknowledged
“I was like, once I go, when I have an idea, I can’t just do it,” he said. “The craziest thing about working there is once you get going, if you’re just in the shower and you have an idea that shit can be on television in three days, which is the most like intoxicating feeling.”
Despite the difficulties, he valued the quick creative pleasure that SNL gave, as a concept might be broadcast on television within three days. This speedy turnaround provided a “intoxicating feeling” that kept him interested.
