Andy Sambergknew it was time.
For me, it was like I cant actually endure it anymore, he said.
I was falling apart in my life.
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The intense schedule ofSNLwas to blame.
Long hours to write for the live show while making new digital shorts weekly was too much.
…Its basically like four days a week youre not sleeping, for seven years.
I just kind of fell apart physically.
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Samberg joined SNL in 2005.
He left the show in 2012.
Samberg noted to Hart that he didnt want to leave.
Everyone was like, Oh, same,' Samberg said.
No one was like, What?
Everyone was like, Oh, yes, yes.
This is just what happens.
Like, you hit a wall.
Were not built to operate that way.
Beginning in 2013, Samberg played Jake Peralta on the sitcomBrooklyn Nine-Nine,which ran until 2021.
Two years after he leftSNL, Samberg returned as host in 2014.
