Bob Odenkirk Reflects on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Writing Gig, Says He Was So ‘Young’ It Was ‘Dangerous’ When He Started

Bob Odenkirk Reflects on 'Saturday Night Live' Writing Gig, Says He Was So 'Young' It Was 'Dangerous' When He Started

Bob Odenkirk is sharing wisdom that comes with age.

The 60-year-old actor, comedian and writer reflected on joining the writing cast on Saturday Night Live when he was only 25.

During an appearance on the Don’t Ask Tig podcast, he said that he was “too young” when he joined the team and revealed how that impacted his experience.

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“I was unsure of myself. It was hard. It was existentially dangerous. I had feelings of ‘I should erase myself,’” he recalled of his earliest days in the industry, via EW.

Bob continued, saying that he was simply “too young” at the time.

“That was not a good thing. That could’ve gone wrong. That could’ve gone so wrong. It came this close so many times to going so wrong,” he explained. “You gotta believe me. And it’s hard for kids to believe you when you say, ‘I had no f-cking clue what I was doing and I was scared outta my wits for years.’”

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