![I completely understand why a businessman would fire me from [Saturday Night Live]. Because he was seeing Jay Leno kill 10 minutes a night, doing his monologue with wall-to-wall laughs and applause, then I do 10 minutes a week to, sometimes, breathtaking silence. He's just listening for the laughs.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-completely-understand-why-a-businessman-would-fire-me-from-saturday-night-live.jpg)
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