Interview With "Lorne" Filmmaker Morgan Neville

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

"Lorne" is an American documentary film directed and produced by Morgan Neville about the creator of Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels. The film features exclusive, archival, and interview footage of notorious Saturday Night Live personalities, including Tina Fey, Chris Rock, Conan O'Brien, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, John Mulaney, as well as Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, Mike Myers, and Paul Simon. Being the private individual he is, this is the closest anyone has come to understanding the real Lorne Michaels, or at least, as close as he will still allow. Neville was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters on April 17th by Focus Features. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You were listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is my interview with the director for Lorne, Morgan Neville.
0:07.1	We're just killing time here. None of this is going to be used.
0:11.6	Live from New York.
0:14.4	Lauren Michaels.
0:15.5	Lorne Michaels.
0:16.1	The man who created Saturday Night Live.
0:18.7	What is funny? It's like pornography.
0:20.8	You're done from there. You know it when you see it.
0:24.3	I don't think I would advise you to try and capture Lauren.
0:27.9	Jesus.
0:28.5	You wouldn't be happy with that, and then you'll capture a guy who's not happy.
0:32.7	Is this really necessary?
0:36.2	I was probably too driven to be a hippie.
0:38.3	What I wanted was a voice in the culture, and S&O was that vehicle.
0:43.3	He has this man behind the curtain, mystique about him.
0:48.3	I don't know Lauren the way Alec Baldwin knows Lauren.
0:51.3	I've never stood in the ocean with Lauren. He's going to have notes that are impossible to understand.
0:58.0	You'll know it's now playing the way Lauren thought it was going to play when he does this.
1:05.0	It feels like he's blowing your soul out of your body.
1:10.0	It's funny. It feels like he's blowing your soul out of your body.
1:13.6	That's funny.
1:17.6	Lorne is the ultimate show business survivor. He's still here and 100 executives are not.
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