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Veronika Slowikowska on Sleep, Situationships, and Justin Bieber
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When we visited Veronika Slowikowska at 30 Rock, it was Ryan Gosling week on Saturday Night Live, and the minute her photo shoot wrapped, she raced downstairs for a long night of writing. The Canadian comedian, who joined the cast this season after building a following online doing absurdist, high-commitment character work, is still getting used to her new normal. To see how she’s adjusting, we threw a few prompts her way.
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AIRTIME
“Fun and scary.”
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TORONTO
“Home, friends, family, Timbits.”
SHORT-FORM
“Easier in ways, harder in ways. SNL is a form of its own. It’s not exactly live. It’s edited on the spot.”
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DISHES
“During the shoot today I was like, ‘I should text Kyle [Chase, her roommate] to do the dishes,’ because I just don’t have time and whenever I clean them, he goes, ‘These are super dirty.’”
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ATTENTION SPANS
“Short and screwed up, but I don’t think all is lost. I can totally binge Sister Wives.”
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DELIVERY
“I’m a corporate slop person. Rice bowls, protein, a vegetable, something that’s sustaining my energy and making me think good. I’m obsessed with this place that has brussels sprouts. Whenever we order it, everyone’s offices smell like farts. I’m like, ‘Damn, this stinks!’”
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ACTORS
“I feel like I was right in the middle of comedian and actor, but since getting on SNL, I’ve chosen a side. Is being a comedian cooler? I don’t know. Maybe.”
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SITUATIONSHIPS
“They’re 99 percent hurtful, but I’ve definitely turned a six-month situationship into a relationship. I was like, ‘I like you. We’re doing something. I think you like me enough to hang out with me.’ And then we dated for two years.”
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SLEEP
“SNL gives us time to sleep, but will you sleep is the question. I’m just amped up. I’m excited. And tonight’s a writing night, so am I going to go home at midnight or am I going to go home at 4am? That’s kind of up to me.”
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MARK CARNEY
“Hey, I think he’s doing a good job, right?”
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PARASOCIAL
“This weekend I met some people I’d been following and they follow me. I think it was less awkward because we already knew about each other’s lives. When parasocial relationships go both ways, it’s actually quite nice.”
JUSTIN BIEBER
“I love him, specifically the song ‘2 Much.’ It’s a YouTube video and he’s doing it on a rooftop in Paris.”
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GROCERY SHOPPING
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“On my off weeks I grocery shop almost every day, which is maybe bad. Meal prepping? Forget about it. I’m just getting strawberries or raspberries or chips or something.”
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CALLBACKS
“A good sign, and that’s not just in this industry. That’s in life.”
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ADDERALL
“Never. My friends are teaching me about beta blockers. That’s something I would like to maybe introduce in my life, but I’m so anxious. I don’t even drink coffee. I go absolutely crazy and think I’m having a heart attack.”
CONNOR STORRIE
“There was a moment he shot this video that Jane [Wickline] and I wrote and after his first take, I was like, ‘Oh, he’s going to win an Oscar one day.’ He’s the real deal and he’s going to be around forever.”
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MOGGING
“Like faces? Is that what that is?”
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Hair: Ginger Ryan using Hairstory at Muse NYC.
Makeup: Chloe Grae using MERIT Beauty.
Nails: Nori at See Management.
Photography Assistants: Justin Sariñana and Rebecca Steighner.
Fashion Assistant: Silvia Lee.
Production Direction: Alexandra Weiss.
Photography Production: Georgia Ford.
Production Assistant: Isaac James.
