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Ben Stiller Just Admitted the Real Reason He Quit SNL at the Beginning of His Career · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Ben Stiller has made massive impacts as an actor, director,
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Speaker 2: and writer, showcasing his talent in both dramatic and creative projects,
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Speaker 2: most recently with his hit Apple TV Plus dramedy Severance,
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Speaker 2: which he directs and show runs. But many people don't know.
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Speaker 2: Stiller also briefly served as a writer and feature performer
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Speaker 2: on SNL for less than a season back in nineteen
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Speaker 2: eighty nine before he abruptly quit the show. And while
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Speaker 2: I was a gutsy decision to make, particularly so early
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Speaker 2: in his career, Stiller sees it more as understanding where
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Speaker 2: his skill sets are and where they aren't. He tells
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Speaker 2: the Hollywood Reporter, I just knew I wasn't a great
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Speaker 2: live performer. It got me nervous. I still get stressed
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Speaker 2: out even thinking about it. But making movies is the
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Speaker 2: opposite of that. It's the opposite of live. You get
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Speaker 2: to do things over and over and over again the
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Speaker 2: words Ben Stiller, and the same could be said of
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Speaker 2: his hit show Severance, which is streaming now on Apple
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