Abby Elliott got her big break on Saturday Night Live doing impressions, following in the legacy of her family. The Bear star starred on the NBC late-night sketch show for four seasons and in a recent interview,

This all makes a ton of sense, too. SNL is notoriously hard to work on. There’s no shortage of stories about it. In fact, Chloe Fineman’s advice for new SNL cast members included her saying you feel like you’re “thrown into the fire.”

There was always that looming threat of getting fired. That was the worst that could happen. And then, I kind of did.”