Imposter syndrome, not so wonderful.

Mike Myers appeared again at his time on Saturday Night Live, revealing in a latest podcast that he was intimidated by how humorous his costars have been. “Once I received to Saturday Night time Stay and noticed how f—ing good these guys have been, I used to be scared s—less. I had an anxiousness assault," Myers mentioned on Vulture's Good One comedy podcast.

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"Phil Hartman. I imply, Dana Carvey. [Kevin] Nealon, Jan Hooks, who I additionally worship. You realize, it was unbelievable," mentioned Myers, who was a forged member on the sketch comedy present between 1989 and 1995. Thank the character of Wayne Campbell, first launched not dwell on air however at a Second Metropolis present, for Myers' addition to the venerable sequence.

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“I did my sketch . . . and I got here from the viewers and it f—ng killed, which was unbelievable as a result of I had solely been within the present for like two seconds," recalled Myers. "I imply, it was cheerstomps and whistles. It was a jet taking off. I don't know what occurred, however the viewers simply went for it and beloved it.”

Added the comic, “Two weeks later, I'm in Chicago, and I get a name from Lorne Michaels. And he mentioned, 'I perceive you do a Wayne character.'"

All this for somebody who was unfamiliar with the present just some years prior. Myers, who’s Canadian, moved to England in 1983, “and Saturday Night time Stay was on, however I by no means watched it as a result of I had a kind of top-loading VCRs, and it was on at precisely the identical time because the Toronto Maple Leaf sport, so I may solely tape one factor," recalled Myers. "And naturally, I watched the Toronto Maple Leafs. So I didn't watch it for these years."

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“After which in England, no one had heard of Saturday Night time Stay in any respect," added Myers. It wasn't till he moved again to Canada that he was launched to the present. “I checked it out and I used to be like, 'Oh my God, that's actually, actually humorous.” Myers later praised Michaels, sharing that he's "realized a lot from him." Added the comic, “He's very beneficiant, Lorne, with telling you the black arts, the actual politic of how issues get made. The pragmatism.”

Since his departure from the present, Myers returned to host in March 1997 and has made a number of cameos, the final of which was for a December 2015 episode hosted by Ryan Gosling. His common Wayne Campbell character has spawned two motion pictures, 1992's Wayne's World and its 1993 sequel. Myers can also be recognized for his work on the Shrek and Austin Powers franchises.

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