--- title: "8 Did Quotes By Bill Hader" description: "8 Did quotes by Bill Hader. Plus more from Bill Hader and more Did sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/bill-hader-2662_actually_people-ask-me-did-you-always-want-to-be_320833.jpg" --- > [People ask me, 'Did you always want to be on SNL?' No, actually, it never crossed my mind. It didn't even seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/people-ask-me-did-you-always-want-to-be-on-snl-no-actually-it-never/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/bill-hader-2662_actually_people-ask-me-did-you-always-want-to-be_320833.jpg) > ['Vanity Fair' did this grid thing a couple years ago, connecting people who've worked together, and I had the most branches on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/vanity-fair-did-this-grid-thing-a-couple-years-ago-connecting-people/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/bill-hader-2662_because_vanity-fair-did-this-grid-thing-a-couple_622258.jpg) > [When I met Judd Apatow, he told me I should start writing screenplays. They'd be really bad at first, but the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/when-i-met-judd-apatow-he-told-me-i-should-start-writing-screenplays/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/bill-hader-2662_bad_when-i-met-judd-apatow-he-told-me-i-shou_655296.jpg) > [Getting 'SNL' was pretty amazing, so just to be able to have an eight-year career there and be really happy with everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/getting-snl-was-pretty-amazing-so-just-to-be-able-to-have-an-eight/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/bill-hader-2662_able_getting-snl-was-pretty-amazing-so-just-t_1155766.jpg) > [I just did this movie with Kristin Wiig called 'The Skeleton Twins.' That's a straight drama. We play estranged twins, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-just-did-this-movie-with-kristin-wiig-called-the-skeleton-twins/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/bill-hader-2662_brothers_i-just-did-this-movie-with-kristin-wiig_2343229.jpg) > [My first real job, I sold Christmas trees when I was twelve for extra money. I did that until I was fifteen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/my-first-real-job-i-sold-christmas-trees-when-i-was-twelve-for-extra/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/bill-hader-2662_borders_my-first-real-job-i-sold-christmas-trees_2547464.jpg) > [I started 'SNL,' and I became the one who did impressions. I did that, but then I wanted to get an original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-started-snl-and-i-became-the-one-who-did-impressions-i-did-that-but/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/bill-hader-2662_alien_i-started-snl-and-i-became-the-one-who-d_2664041.jpg) > [I remember I could do - I did Bart Simpson once on the bus. I did, like, a really good Bart Simpson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-remember-i-could-do-i-did-bart-simpson-once-on-the-bus-i-did-like-a/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/bill-hader-2662_bart-simpson_i-remember-i-could-do-i-did-bart-simpson_3173719.jpg) ## Other authors on Did ## More by Bill Hader > [The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/the-first-time-i-met-james-franco-he-was-dressed-like-james-dean-he/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [Let's face it: I look pretty out of shape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/let-s-face-it-i-look-pretty-out-of-shape/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/in-the-u-s-it-s-like-you-start-with-a-great-script-and-then-on-set/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [Fred Armisen does a pretty good me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/fred-armisen-does-a-pretty-good-me/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-took-second-city-out-of-desperation-and-that-s-what-ended-up/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [When you're at your absolute, most exhausted... That's when you have to be at the top of your game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/when-you-re-at-your-absolute-most-exhausted-that-s-when-you-have-to/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/the-idea-of-a-chicago-band-that-wanted-to-sing-songs-about-california/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/no-one-knows-anything-you-re-going-to-make-mistakes-and-you-re-going/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [George Saunders is a complete genius.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/george-saunders-is-a-complete-genius/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-think-that-s-the-thing-i-learned-at-saturday-night-live-any-time-i/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [You learn quickly at 'SNL' you get in trouble if you compare yourself to other people, where they're at, or what other people had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/you-learn-quickly-at-snl-you-get-in-trouble-if-you-compare-yourself/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [Turns out typecasting is a real thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/turns-out-typecasting-is-a-real-thing/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/you-can-be-the-lead-in-a-movie-just-for-the-sake-of-being-a-lead-in-a/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [I learned a lot just watching people perform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/i-learned-a-lot-just-watching-people-perform/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) > [Fred Willard still makes me laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hader/fred-willard-still-makes-me-laugh/) [Bill Hader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hader/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/did/bill-hader/#itemlist", "name": "8 Did Quotes By Bill Hader", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People ask me, 'Did you always want to be on SNL?' 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