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Has ambition ever led you astray?

You know, being on SNL, obviously, there were a lot of people that I was

colleagues with who both were on S&L and they were having robust acting careers outside of

SNL. And I was covetous of that. I'm Rachel Martin, and this is Wildcard. The game where

cards control the conversation. Each week, my guest chooses questions at random from a deck of cards.

Pick a card one through three.

Questions about the memories, insights, and beliefs that have shaped them.

You make this mistake if you walk down a hallway and you see pictures of former cast members.

My guest this week is Seth Myers.

Just because you got hired at the same place as Adam Sandler or Will Farrell,

that doesn't mean you're going to have their career.

Sometimes the podcast gods throw all the wrenches at you at once.

For this interview, I was taking the train from D.C. to New York to talk with Seth Myers in person.

This is not a big deal when the train is running on time, but mine was not.

And then when I finally did get to the city and I hoofed it to the NPR building,

there was a fire drill because of course there was.

And Seth Myers had just battled traffic to get to our studios,

and he had a busy day of other events promoting his new HBO comedy special Dadman Walking.

So yeah, we had to take a minute to push all of that away and get into the right headspace for our game.

And one thing that was clear to me as we got going is that no matter what other distractions there might be,

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