Direct From Hollywood With Ryan Seacrest: Seth Meyers Thought He'd Be Doing This

Late Night host Seth Meyers thought he would have a very different job after he left SNL. The comedian thought he'd follow a similar path to his SNL alums until he realized something about himself. Find out what it is here.

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Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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Seth Myers has carved out a successful place in entertainment
in the after hours sector versus a cast member and
weekend update host on SNL for landing his current gig
hosting Late Night for the past decade, but Seth admits
on NPR's Wildcard it wasn't the job he envisioned for himself. Originally,
he figured he'd go from SNL to a movie start
him before he had a self realization about where his

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talents lay. He says, my ambition maybe led me away
from my strength. A lot of my SNL colleagues had
robust acting careers outside of SNL, and I coveted that,
but very slowly it dawned on me. I'm good at
some other things, but being an actor isn't one of them.
You think all SNL alums will have the same career path,
but it's a mistake to say just because you got
hired at the same place as Adam Samler and Will Ferrell,

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it doesn't mean you're going to have their career. You
can watch Late Night with Seth Myers weeknights on NBCC
that's Direct from Hollywood.