“We trust his instincts implicitly. He’s been doing TV and movies almost every week since he was 15 years old … He has the same ease in front of a camera that most of us do when driving a car. It’s why he’s the guy who sits next to the host when we read all of that week’s sketches out loud for the first time. It’s why occasionally during rehearsal, he will say, ‘Don’t you think we should do this line in a close-up?’ And our Emmy-winning director, without hesitation, will say, ‘Yep,’ and note the change in his book.â€
- Current co-head writer of SNL Bryan Tucker explains the underappreciated genius of Kenan Thompson in a new piece for Slate.