SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 02: Kyle Mooney performs during 'Drunk History & Friends' on the Bill Graham Stage during Clusterfest at Civic Center Plaza and The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on June 2, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic)

Kyle Mooney shares with FanSided what it’s like to work on Saturday Night Live, what he’s collecting in his spare time, and the details of a special promotion from STōK Cold Brew.

There’s something that Kyle Mooney coincidentally shares in common with the brand of cold brew coffee he’s currently working with. Can you guess it? Both are incredibly chill.

All puns aside, one might be pleasantly surprised to see that the goofy, hilarious Saturday Night Live cast member is quite down-to-Earth offstage. It’s like the difference between California (his home state) and New York (SNL‘s home). Still, one can’t forget how amazingly talented Mooney is when it comes to his acting on SNL and other projects like Brigsby Bear.

It certainly is a dream job, and that may be why STōK Cold Brew Coffee chose Mooney to represent its latest campaign where you could land your dream job, too. Read on to see how you can get involved with STōK’s campaign, as well as learn from Mooney what’s it’s like to work on SNL, and how you can help him out with a certain collection he’s got going on.

To see the full interview, you can watch the video at the end of this article.

FanSided: It’s currently summertime, which means Saturday Night Live is off the air till the fall. What do you do in your downtime? I assume it’s like summer vacation.

Kyle Mooney: Yeah, the SNL schedule is so intense that anytime we have off, I just truly try to take advantage of it and just hang out, do some skateboarding, and see friends. Right now though, I will say I’m working with STōK Cold Brew to bring “Stōk-bbaticals” to people, which basically [gives] chances to people to quit their job temporarily and pursue their dream, which I’ve been very fortunate to do.

SNL is a dream job, but hypothetically speaking, if you weren’t on SNL right now, what do you think you’d be doing?

Well, you know, when I was in fourth grade, I was playing guitar. I thought maybe I’d be like, a blues guitarist or something like that — Eric Clapton or something. And then when I was in high school, I was in a hip-hop group called Instruments of Intelligence, and I made beats and did raps.

So that’s something that I would have liked to have tried to do, maybe — which is what’s cool about this campaign, this thing that STōK is doing. They’re basically allowing people to take a break from their jobs; they give them $30,000 to just do whatever it is they love, whether it’s rock climbing, or professional wrestling, or tickling. I don’t know what people do these days.

But I was very fortunate in the sense that, you know, I got my start making YouTube videos and with my friends, and then I kind of parlayed that into acting work. And now being on Saturday Night Live. So yeah, that’s kind of a long way of saying that if I weren’t doing this, I’d probably be making beats right now.

For your day, specifically on set at SNL, I imagine it can get super chaotic and hectic. So run me through a sample day of what rehearsing would be like for the show.

Tuesday’s the most intense day. That’s when we write. And that’s when I’ll get in in the afternoon, maybe 2 in the afternoon. And often I won’t leave until 5 a.m., 6 a.m. Sometimes we’ll sleep in the offices. And it’s just kind of what you would imagine it would be like. It’s a bunch of people like trying to come up with what they’re going to do or pitching each other ideas. We’re staying up late; we’re going crazy thinking we’re not going to be able to turn anything in.

And fortunately, I feel like every week, you come up with something. Obviously, sometimes it’s way better than other times. Sometimes it’s super silly. Sometimes people love it. And sometimes it totally dies at the table. But yeah, it’s a lot of sleeplessness, I would say generally at SNL.

What’s been one of your favorite moments working at SNL?

I mean, it’s always so special. Well, from a general standpoint, I get to work with people I love. I love everybody there. Beck Bennett, for instance, who’s on the cast, I’ve known since my freshman year of college. So that’s really special.

But like, I’ve gotten to work with so many… hosts and musicians to come through. Like, I made a video with Kanye West a few years ago, that was really fun. It’s hard to even pick out what were the most wonderful moments because there are so many of them, and they’re so frequent. It’s always so surreal.

With anything, sometimes when you go live, things go wrong. Have you ever had any embarrassing moments going live?

No, I’m always perfect!

That’s the kind of confidence I want to hear!

You can just tell, I’ve articulated everything very well. I’m always on point!

And what’s the key to staying in the zone when you’re live?

It can be difficult, obviously, to not falter to the pressure and to think about all these people that are watching you and thinking about you. And certainly it happens at times, but I just try to maintain a decent attitude and hang out with people that are supportive and try to support them. And you know, the fortunate thing at SNL is that if you have a bad week, there’s a whole nother week coming up where you get to do it all over again. So like, I don’t have to dwell too long on my failures.

I’ve also heard that you are a huge collector of VHS tapes and that you got some of them signed. What’s been one of the best autographs you’ve gotten so far?

Well, I got Fred Savage of The Wonder Years to autograph both the movie Little Monsters and The Wizard, where he’s like, he’s helping a kid who’s like a Nintendo prodigy. I got Michael Keaton and Alec Baldwin to sign my Beetlejuice cassette.

I got a few of them; I’m always looking. If you know any people who’ve starred in any good ’80s or ’90s flicks, send them my way so I can get them to sign my VHS covers.

Kyle Mooney will return to Saturday Night Live this fall for its 45th season. If you’d like to win the chance to follow your dreams with STōK Cold Brew, you can find more information on the STōK-bbatical website.