No, and I dont know if it will affect it, he says.
Theyve been on the show two seasons.
Jay, Bobby, Fred, and Kenan are gonna be there.
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So I think it will be a good, tight ensemble.
Im not too concerned about it.
(Spoiler alert for people who havent startedBreaking Badand intend to.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: According toyour IMDB page, youve been a busy man over the summer.
Its gonna be hectic, but I did that withSuperbad,Adventureland, and parts ofTropic Thunder.
What are the movies?
I dont want to say anything because I could get cut out of them because of theSNLseason.
They could replace me.
[Laughs] Ill go online and be like, Oh, good job, Chris Pratt.
Oh, wait a minute, that was the part I was gonna play.
Hes one of my favorite actors.
I think that guys so good.
We were rooting for him to get an Emmy nomination.
And Nick Offerman, too.
I dont know… Its like every season I feel like I get a little bit better.
Not better, but like, I suck a little less.
[Laughs] I didnt suckas bad as last season.
I did Herb Welch, which some people seemed to like.
And so, it just carried over maybe.
We had nice little gifts for me, personally, like Rick Perry.
You just arent expecting that, when people go, Oh, youre gonna do Rick Perry.
So, he will.
I love that show.
I think my wife [writer-director Maggie Carey] is just excited shell get to see Ty Burrell.
She met Ty Burrell at the Comedy Awards, and she was so starstruck.
I think most of my Emmy experience will be watching my wife go crazy over people.
Shell be like, Ohmygod, Claire Danes!
Ohmygod,Homelandis the greatest show!
Or, Aaron Paul, ohmygod!
Shes just startedGame of Thrones, so by the time she finishes that, its just gonna beon.
Shes gonna be fing nuts.
Oh yeah, Maggie and I loveDownton Abbey.
I tried to get people atSouth ParkintoDownton Abbey, and it didnt work.
I think they were like, Downton Abbey?
My wife and I are obsessed with it.
[Laughs]
I did that, too!
I would make myself a cup of Earl Grey and put on a godd shawl.
My wife also pantomimes the opening theme music.
She plays all the strings and the piano, and its hilarious.
We have this whole ritual.
Speaking ofDownton Abbey, are you ready?
Im gonna do a crazy name-dropping episode here.
It was like an Annie Leibovitz photo shoot and me.
HOLY S. We all left at the same time and outside we all met each other.
My wife was invited to that dinner, but she was tired because she was pregnant.
So I immediately texted her, like, Guess who we sat next to?
My wife doesnt curse, so her text was, Shut the front door.
Thats a moment made for Twitter, which youre still not on.
Its why I never did, like, I dont know, cocaine or something.
[Laughs] Im just like, oh, Ill never come back.
Youre like, You shouldnt do drugs.
[Laughs] Also, I have a problem if I send out a mass email to people.
Im just like,should it be this, or should it be that?
I also dont like it when Im hanging with someone and something funny happens and they go, Alright!
and they start tweeting it.
Im like, lets just let it happen.
No one needs to know that we just saw a funny-looking dog.
You start back to work atSNLin a few weeks.
Are there any characters youre already looking forward to introducing this season?
(Note: We talked with Hader beforePaul Ryan was named Mitt Romneys running mate.)
[Laughs] No.
It has to be in the moment.
Herb Welch came from rehearsing a sketch with Emma Stone the first time she hosted.
I kept hitting her in the face with the microphone.
Old guys are just kinda that way.
Was there any time during the Olympics when you wished youd been in season?
I was like, oh, that could be the opening credits of some NBCRevenge-key in show.
So in the opening credits, you see who the killer is.
[Laughs] You see how everybodys gonna die.
Its like a promo forLost, and you see them off the island.
That was one idea I had.
And youre like, Come on!
Is there a character youre going to pull back on this season?
Actually, we dont dothatmany Stefons, which I like.
and youre like, What?!
I missed it?!
especially for the live audience.
Kristen was good at spacing out things.
When she would do something, you felt excited that you got to be there when that happened.
