<p id=”par-1_51″>Tina Fey has never forgotten <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/taylor-swifts-simple-advice-travis-kelce-retiring-football.html/”>the advice</a> Steve Martin gave her years ago. So much so that she confessed to being “haunted” by Martin’s words ever since. Ahead, what Martin once “matter-of-factly” told Fey when they crossed paths on <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/saturday-night-live/”><em>Saturday Night Live</em></a>. Plus, why she thinks his advice still rings true. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-steve-martin-s-advice-for-tina-fey”>Steve Martin’s advice for Tina Fey</h2>
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<p id=”par-2_34″>In the debut episode of Amy Poehler’s “<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXpsfq4wx70″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Good Hang</a>” podcast, Fey shared the advice Martin gave her years ago during her time on <em>Saturday Night Live</em>. (She worked on <em>SNL</em> from 1997 to 2006.)</p>
<p id=”par-3_58″>“Something I think about a lot, and I fall short of it constantly, but a million years ago, I was a writer still at <em>SNL</em>,” she began. “And I remember Steve Martin came to do something on the show. He wasn’t hosting. But he came to the show, and he had just been on <em>Letterman</em> the night before.” </p>
<p id=”par-4_37″>“I said, ‘Oh my gosh, you were so funny on <em>Letterman</em> last night,’” Fey continued. “And he just very matter-of-factly said, ‘Oh, well, you have to kill every time.’ And that has haunted me every day since.” </p>
<p id=”par-5_30″>During Fey’s time at <em>SNL</em>, she became the first woman to serve as head writer. Later, she became popular for hosting the “Weekend Update” skit alongside Jimmy Fallon and Poehler. </p>
<p id=”par-6_34″>As for Martin, he’s never been an <em>SNL</em> cast member. However, the <em>Only Murders in the Building</em> star has hosted the show a whopping 16 times, per <a href=”https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/was-steve-martin-a-cast-member-on-saturday-night-live-hosted” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>NBC</em></a>. (That’s one less than Alec Baldwin.) </p>
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<p id=”par-7_25″>While Poehler laughed at Martin’s advice, the star of Netflix’s upcoming <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/tina-fey-steve-carells-upcoming-netflix-comedy-series-gets-premiere-date.html/”><em>Four Seasons</em> comedy</a> praised his words, calling them spot-on. “He’s right!” Fey told Poehler. </p>
<p id=”par-8_50″>“If you’re a beautiful actress from I don’t know, like <em>Melrose Place</em>, whatever,” she explained, “you can go on and be like, ‘I went to the store once.’” Comedians, she continued, can’t do the same. “If you’re a comedy person?” Fey said. “You have to kill every time? Oh, god.” </p>
<p id=”par-9_53″>While Fey admitted to “fall[ing] short” of Martin’s advice, she has many award-winning performances to her name and a hugely successful comedy career. Since leaving <em>SNL </em>in 2006, she’s starred in, and in some cases written and created, popular movies and TV shows. Examples include <em>Mean Girls</em>, <em>30 Rock</em>, and <em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt</em>. </p>
<p id=”par-10_27″>Fey has also received many industry accolades during her career, including Golden Globes and Emmy Awards. She and Poehler have also co-hosted the Golden Globes four times. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-fey-could-someday-end-up-back-at-saturday-night-live-nbsp”>Fey could someday end up back at ‘Saturday Night Live’ </h2>
<p id=”par-11_35″>Fey back at <em>SNL</em>? Lorne Michaels, the live comedy sketch show’s longtime showrunner, said her return is a possibility at the 2024 Emmy Awards. Just not as a cast member and head writer like before. </p>
<p id=”par-12_54″>“Of course I’ve thought about it,” Michaels, 79, told <a href=”https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/lorne-michaels-says-tina-fey-could-easily-be-his-snl-successor-exclusive-218001″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>Entertainment Tonight</em></a> on the red carpet about who might eventually replace him. “We’re doing the 50th <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ryan-reynolds-addresses-blake-livelys-legal-drama-ryan-reynolds-way.html/”>anniversary show</a> in February ’25. So, I will definitely be there for that and definitely be there until then. And then we’ll figure out what we’re going to do.”</p>
<p id=”par-13_39″>“It could easily be Tina Fey,” he went on. “But there are a lot of people who are there now who are also, you know. Tina’s brilliant and great at everything. She’s a very important person in my life.” </p>