TV Bob Odenkirk wishes he weren't so 'stuck up' when he worked on Saturday Night Live: 'I was such a prick back then' The Better Call Saul star has some youthful regrets from his time on SNL. By Jillian Sederholm Jillian Sederholm Jillian Sederholm is Entertainment Weekly's news director and co-host of EW's 'BINGE' podcast covering every season of 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' Follow her on Twitter at @JillianSed to geek out over 'SNL,' guess every celeb on 'The Masked Singer,' or discuss Christian Bale's entire filmography in intricate detail (have you noticed all the dancing?) EW's editorial guidelines Published on March 5, 2021 11:43AM EST Bob Odenkirk won an Emmy during his time as a writer on Saturday Night Live, but his past at Studio 8H still haunts him. "I was such a prick back then," the Better Call Saul star confessed of his stint on the legendary NBC sketch comedy show during an appearance on PeopleTV's Couch Surfing. "I was so opinionated. I was a very opinionated comedy writer," he revealed, watching a clip of his younger self making a cameo on an April 13, 1991 episode hosted by Catherine O'Hara. "I was a writer on the show and Lorne [Michaels] would sometimes have me do a part in the scene, a small part like that. And of course I was starstruck at Catherine O'Hara, who was just the best." Odenkirk, who wrote on the show in the late '80s and early '90s alongside contemporaries like Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel, admitted looking back at it made him "kind of sad." "I wish I wasn't such a stuck up young man. I wish I was a sweeter fellow because I had a great opportunity there. I made the most of it. I learned a lot about comedy writing and I made some great friends for life at that show, but I still wish I'd just handled it better, but don't you always wish that about your young self?" Bob Odenkirk in a cameo on 'SNL' in 1991. Saturday Night Live/Youtube; Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images Although he only made a few brief onscreen appearances, Odenkirk struck comedy gold behind the camera as co-creator of one of SNL's most iconic recurring characters, Chris Farley's motivational speaker Matt Foley, which he wrote with the late comedian at Second City before taking the hilarious van-dweller to the SNL stage. Odenkirk went on to win another Emmy as a writer on The Ben Stiller Show, and created and starred on his own sketch series Mr. Show With Bob and David along with David Cross, before going on to make a more dramatic turn on Breaking Bad and leading its spin-off series Better Call Saul. Watch the clip of Odenkirk talking SNL above. Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Related content: SNL star Julia Sweeney still feels terrible about breaking character in iconic Chris Farley sketch First look at Bob Odenkirk's action thriller Nobody: 'I get the s--- kicked out of me' Dan Levy inspired a new trend among Saturday Night Live hosts that's still going strong