Bowen Yang admits he will leave ‘SNL’

Bowen Yang sat down for an interview with People where he opened up about his future on Saturday Night Live.

He admitted to getting a look at "what life after the show is like and how beautiful it is" following the 50th anniversary special.

"SNL, it's just this moving, living, breathing thing. Especially after the 50th, I'm seeing what life after the show is like and how beautiful it is, and how so many people, no matter how long they were at the show, are just with their families and loving their lives and not letting the years take away any of that experience for them," Yang explained.

He continued, "And then with SNL, like I said, it's this growing, living thing where new people come in and you do have to sort of make way for them and to grow and to keep elevating themselves. And that inevitably requires me to sort of hang it up at some point — but I don't know what the vision is yet."

The actor also discussed the hectic schedule of the show, "The new season of SNL, I'm just like, 'Oh, right. My time isn't my own.' And I tell my friends, 'I'm not going to really see you guys until June.’”

"And people that I've gone a couple solid dates with I'm like, 'Hey, it's not for lack of interest. My time is really slipping away from me and I'm so sorry and it's not a you thing, it's a me thing,'” he remarked.

Opening up about what the show has taught him, Yang said, "I think one of the best parts about working at SNL is that whenever you're not working on your own, because you are helping someone else, a cast member, execute on their vision, and so they're coming up to you being like, 'You need to dress up as a drone and you need to dress up as a Chinese spy balloon and do blah, blah, blah.' And you're like, 'Okay, sure.' 'You need to do up with Lady Gaga.’ And you can't think anything of it."

He added, "You get shot out of a cannon in so many of these situations that it kind of breaks down all of your hesitancies around doing anything that has only served me. I mean, every now and then, a lot of times it'll be like egg on your face, you'll make an ass out of yourself, but I never, ever weigh that against the wonderful things that I've gotten to do."

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