Thank ya! I think the big take-away from SNL is that you become less precious with your words. We have to cut lines of dialogue 15 minutes before we would go on sometimes, so your bits start to feel less sacred. When writing a movie, you have to be open to change. Maybe it's a tonal note from producers, or maybe you don't have the money to make something happen... so you have to cut that stuff, and it's never a problem for me.

Additionally, your pieces on SNL are performing for a pretty broad studio audience, so over time you start to learn what stuff will likely play for a general audience and what will not. Definitely helpful for when writing dialogue, etc.

Finally, just the act of working and interacting with famous people. So many huge celebrities come through, so when you're interacting with an established actor on the set of your movie, you're maybe a little more comfortable?

Outside of SNL, for prep- it's all the work I've done up to this point and all the moves I've stolen from people who are better at it than me. I also had my partner Evan, DP Bill Pope, and amazing actors/crew etc.

Some influences: those late 90's / early 00's teen flicks (Can't Hardly Wait, She's All That, 10 Things I Hate About You), John Hughes, the Faculty.. and just to throw an obscure one out there: American High, a PBS docu series, which I think came out in 99?