Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 453rd episode of Awards Chatter, the Hollywood

Reporter's Awards podcast.

I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is a multi-talented artist who made his name

as one of the funniest performers on NBC Saturday Night Live from 2005 through 2013, impersonating

the likes of Alan Alda, James Carville and Vincent Price, and originating memorable characters

like Weekend Update's City Correspondent, Stefan.

Then in 2018, he re-emerged as the co-creator with Alec Berg and producer writer, director

and star of the massively acclaimed HBO comedy series Barry on which he plays a tortured veteran

of the war in Afghanistan who now splits his time between working as a hitman and trying

to find work as an actor.

A 20-time Emmy nominee twice nominated for his work on SNL in the Best Supporting Actor

in a Comedy Series category for which no other member of the show's cast had been nominated

in 29 years, he already has three wins to his name, two for Best Actor in a Comedy

Series for the first two seasons of Barry, the great Bill Hader.

Over the course of our conversation, the 44-year-old denied discussed how he was saved from

a string of shitty starter jobs and brought to the attention of Lauren Michaels by Will

and Grace Star Megan Millelli, why he was never really able to enjoy his time on SNL

and how, after leaving the show, a part in the 2014 indie film The Skeleton Twins led

to Barry, whether three seasons into Barry, he still regards the show as a comedy rather

than a drama, plus much more.

And so without further ado, let's go to that conversation.

Bill, thanks so much for joining us on the podcast, great to have you, and on this podcast,

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