Amy Schumer SNL 50

Famous hosts, musical guests and “Saturday Night Live” alumni turned out in full force for Sunday’s “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” tribute.

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00:00I just want to say thank you for the, I want to thank Variety for my nice review for my movie Kind of Pregnant.

00:07Yeah, Owen loved it. I think it was Owen Gleiberman who did that.

00:09Yeah, yeah, it was. Thank you.

00:11So, you have a hit movie on Netflix.

00:13Right. I do. I have a hit movie on Netflix.

00:16There's a lot of talk about how the comedy, it's hard to get a comedy movie pitched around town these days.

00:22Yeah.

00:23How do you do that? What are the keys to doing that?

00:25Well, I don't know, because critics and audiences, it seems like they really want to watch sad shit, you know?

00:35I don't know. So, for a comedy, I don't think the business can make as much money off a comedy.

00:43So, I think it's really got to be people who love film and they love making movies that make people laugh.

00:48Do you think it's harder to do comedy today, whether it's because of a perception of political correctness

00:54or whether there's a fear of backlash?

00:57I don't feel like it's harder. I feel like it's better, and it's good to get people educated and involved.

01:05Yeah, I wouldn't take an ounce of it away.

01:11As someone who has a very proficient background in sketch comedy, what is the key to bombing gracefully?

01:19Well, the key is that once you've done it so many times, you can't even feel it.

01:26You just have to laugh at yourself when you're bombing, you know?

01:29And if you're a real comic, you can dig yourself out of the hole.

01:34How do you do that?

01:36By just showing, I think, the crowd how dead you are inside and how you've bombed way worse.

01:43You can't even feel it.

01:47A crowd feels safe in your hands when they know, okay, this person can't even feel it anymore because they're a real comic.

01:54Do you have any SNL favorite sketches or moments that you'd like to see tonight?

02:00Oh, God. Well, my favorite all-time sketch is the census bureau.

02:05It was Tim Meadows and Christopher Walken taking the census, and it's insane.

02:13It's my favorite one of all time, but there's so many great ones.

02:17What do you have coming next? What are you working on?

02:20My next thing is going to be writing, starring, and directing in my own movie.

02:25Nice. Can you give us a hint as to what it's about?

02:29Um, no.

02:31I'll keep it a secret.

02:32Okay, okay. No, but you know me. I'm always looking to make the ladies laugh.