Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25!

I was just breaking down mentally of like what have we done? I have I don't know what else to do with my life and I think I wrote a letter to my best friend, like I'm losing it, dude. What did it say?

It's a deep one. Jesus. Yeah. I was reading through your business portfolio and it's extremely extensive. You found a production company. A ride shoes. You got the ice cream for tonight dough. But the through line here is about making people happy. I've always wanted to please people since I was a kid. And in your eighth grade class you were voted most likely to replace David Letterman on the late night show. Is that crazy,'cause I ended up doing it. Well it does feel like you pulled that into existence somehow. Well I was beyond obsessed.

I wanted to be on Saturday line. So I worked at the improv or I think the paycheck was seven dollars and twenty five cents. You didn't really eat much. Like I would turn cardboard boxes on the street into tables. It's tough. It's a lot of rejection, but the stage time was priceless. And eventually you got an audition for a Sarn F. This is my big opportunity. I remember going on stage did my first impression. I blew it.

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