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Direct From Hollywood With Ryan Seacrest: Seth Meyers Thought He'd Be Doing This · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Seth Myers has carved out a successful place in entertainment
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  Speaker 2: in the after hours sector versus a cast member and
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  Speaker 2: weekend update host on SNL for landing his current gig
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  Speaker 2: hosting Late Night for the past decade, but Seth admits
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  Speaker 2: on NPR's Wildcard it wasn't the job he envisioned for himself. Originally,
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  Speaker 2: he figured he'd go from SNL to a movie start
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  Speaker 2: him before he had a self realization about where his
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  Speaker 2: talents lay. He says, my ambition maybe led me away
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  Speaker 2: from my strength. A lot of my SNL colleagues had
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  Speaker 2: robust acting careers outside of SNL, and I coveted that,
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  Speaker 2: but very slowly it dawned on me. I'm good at
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  Speaker 2: some other things, but being an actor isn't one of them.
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  Speaker 2: You think all SNL alums will have the same career path,
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  Speaker 2: but it's a mistake to say just because you got
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  Speaker 2: hired at the same place as Adam Samler and Will Ferrell,
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't mean you're going to have their career. You
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  Speaker 2: can watch Late Night with Seth Myers weeknights on NBCC
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  Speaker 2: that's Direct from Hollywood.