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The Surprising Way Kate McKinnon Discovered Her Gift With Impersonations · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. The way Kate McKinnon
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Speaker 1: owns the stage on SNL with our hilarious spot on
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Speaker 1: character impersonations. You might assume that she has the same
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Speaker 1: personality off camera, but that's not the case. In fact,
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Speaker 1: your amazing ability with voices and caricatures comes from insecurity
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Speaker 1: She's faced in the childhood. She does variety. People are
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Speaker 1: often confused when they meet me because I'm so spoken
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Speaker 1: and pensive. I'm extraordinarily introverted. Around fifth grade, Kate discovered
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Speaker 1: a work around for social anxiety, adding I found I
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Speaker 1: was more easily able to communicate with people doing a
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Speaker 1: funny voice. It was a way to cheer joy and
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Speaker 1: to bring a sense of fun and community in a
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Speaker 1: way that I troubled doing just in my own voice.
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Speaker 1: I do have a personality, but I find it easier
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Speaker 1: still in some ways to communicating character. SNL Saturday's NBC
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