Kate was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly ahead of the release of ‘Heads Will Roll‘, where she talked about her role models and her SNL defining moment. We’ve updated a gallery with the scan from the interview and you can also read the full interview in our press library.
Ahead of her—and her sister Emily’s—star-studded Audible audio series Heads Will Roll (launching May 2), the SNL star, 35, reflects on her many role models and how her childhood was just a big joke.
MY EARLIEST COMIC INSPIRATION
My dad would quote [Saturday Night Live’s stop-motion character] Mr. Bill and say, “Oooh n0000.” He would also quote the land-shark. I just thought those were American phrases people said. SNL was part of the DNA of our house, for sure.
THE MOMENT I KNEW I WAS FUNNY
In elementary school I started doing impressions of my teachers and found that my classmates were laughing. I thought, “Ooh, this feels good. I’ll try to do this for as long as I can.”
