The Emmy-winning actor says Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels pushed him to tackle the now iconic portrayal.

I just didn’t want to play him.

But Tina and Lorne pushed me, so I finally said yes."

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And they didn’t put the money in escrow.

And I think to myself, ‘What if I hadn’t done that?’…

It’s turned out to be this incredible opportunity."

I didn’t think about it I just did it.

Now I should probably tell people, ‘I worked on it for months,'" he explains.

“People ask me, ‘What is your whole gag?’

But she’s a great actress.

It will appear on newsstands elsewhere in the country on Tuesday, April 4.

For now, read the full piecehere, and check out the magazine’s April cover below.