What Sarah Sherman has said about Saturday Night Live

Sherman described Hernández as a genuine team player at SNL who includes others in his bits.

“it's really great at SNL because he is like kind of like a team player in like a real way”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Marcello Hernández (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 6:02

Sherman says she does not believe she would have been hired at SNL during Poehler's era.

“this is not even to say it's self deprecatingly said that with an accent. I don't think I would have gotten on the show”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 21:28

Sherman recounts that Lorne Michaels, who pitches her animal-costume Update bits, told her he could tell she was loved as a child.

“after I did, I think, a squirrel or some fucking animal, he said, when you did that, I could tell you were loved as a child”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 36:31

Sherman says that watching Ashley Padilla's inside-out character work made her feel she had been approaching characters wrongly by starting with costume.

“I feel like I've been doing it all wrong for like six fucking years because I'm like, oh, what if the wig is weird?”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 40:49

Sherman praises makeup head Louie Zakarian as enthusiastic and never refusing a request.

“But by the way, he's having so much fun. Like, he never says no”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 46:42

Sherman says her greatest SNL anxiety is failing to find a collaborator on writing night, which she considers worse than bombing on live TV.

“Bombing trying to get someone to write a sketch with you is a fate worse than death”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 51:27

Sherman recounts that Lorne Michaels asked her to drop the stage name Squirm when she was hired, and she agreed immediately.

“we think squirm is a little distracting. And I go, say no more”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 58:50

Sherman credits SNL with making her career and special possible.

“If I didn't have SNL, I would be a random crazy person”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:19