What Ashley Padilla has said about Sketch comedy performance craft
3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 22, 2026
Ashley Padilla, American comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member, Groundlings alum, has been quoted on Sketch comedy performance craft 3 times in 1 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, most recently on September 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Padilla holds that a comedic character should never know they are funny.
“You don't know you're funny. The character doesn't know they're funny”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Ashley Padilla (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 20:44
Padilla explains that SNL writers helped her adapt Groundlings material to be punchier and more suited to television.
“helping me make it more SNL, more for television. It's got to be a little punchier. It's got to be choppy”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Ashley Padilla (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 52:03
Padilla says she fights to keep pauses because comedy rooted in behavior cannot be rushed.
“Because I like watching people behave. And to behave, it's not rushed”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Ashley Padilla (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 53:17
Episodes
Ashley PadillaGood Hang with Amy Poehler · Sep 22, 2026 · 1 h 16 min
Amy Poehler talks with SNL cast member Ashley Padilla about her mother, a teenage arrest, working for Diane Keaton, Groundlings, sketch craft and impressions.
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