Marcello Hernández

Hernández explained his blunt, teasing manner as a product of a family that never allowed him to be soft.

“My deal is that I was not given the opportunity to be soft”

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Hernández attributed his apparent ease on SNL to fear, saying he commits fully so that any failure happens at full intensity.

“You're just so scared of it going wrong that you're like, if it goes wrong, I'm going to go wrong swinging to the rafters”

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Hernández said performing in Spanish for Latino audiences feels powerful at a time when Latinos are going through a lot.

“especially today when Latinos are going through a lot and we just get to be in a room and scream in Spanish. It feels very powerful”

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Hernández said traditional Spanish-language comedy relied on long stories or political impersonation, making American-style observational stand-up feel fresh to those audiences.

“they did like long stories with a big punchline or it was political it was like SNL where you dress up like a political guy”

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Hernández argued it is typical of SNL audiences to reward the performer who did the least in a sketch.

“I think it's very SNL for the audience to reward the guy that did the least”

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Hernández credited Ariana Grande's skill at singing badly on purpose as a key to the Domingo sketch's success.

“is so hard to like sing bad on purpose. And she does it so good”

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Hernández said he does not consider himself a great writer and planned to take a sketch-writing class because he came from stand-up rather than sketch.

“I'm probably going to take a sketch writing class this summer because of that fear of like”

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Hernández said he does not identify as Gen Z because he is too close to his family's immigrant struggle.

“No, because I'm too close. I'm not far enough removed from the immigrant struggle”

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Hernández explained that he volunteered to host shows as a strategy to get far more stage time.

“you can do stand-up way more times than you can just do a spot if you say, I'll host”

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Hernández said he founded a scholarship at his college named for two theater instructors who had been let go.

“And it's for kids that want to do what I did. And it's called the Bo and Tom Scholarship by Marcelo Hernandez”

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Hernández said his mother, after leaving communist Cuba, fully embraced American identity, even joking about changing the family name to Smith.

“when she came to America, she really leaned in to being American. For years, she would tell us we're all going to change our last name to Smith”

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Hernández said soccer suited him as an energetic child with unmedicated ADD because the game never stops.

“And soccer is a perfect sport for a child with ADD that's unmedicated and with a lot of energy because the ball never stops moving”

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