Washnigton (CNN) Comedian Larry David thinks Bernie Sanders, the presidential candidate whom he has memorably impersonated on "Saturday Night Live" for years, would make an excellent president.

But, joked the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star, he'd like the Vermont senator to drop out of the race -- so he doesn't have to keep traveling across the country to portray him.

"I would beg him to drop out so I don't have to keep flying in from Los Angeles to do SNL," David quipped Wednesday night on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert.

"I thought when he had the heart attack , that was going to be it ... but you know, he's indestructible. Nothing stops this man."

"If he wins, do you know what that's going to do to my life? I mean, do you have any idea?" he asked Colbert. "I mean, it'll be great for the country, great for the country, terrible for me."

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