Pete Davison on why he wanted to quit SNL after season 1

Pete Davison admits he was very under confident during the first few season one Saturday Night Live.

The comedian, who is currently participating in SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, says that he "didn’t know whether to do impressions or stand up."

"And then I called my buddy and I was like, ‘Should I do impressions?’ He’s like, ‘Can you?’ I was like, ‘No.’ He’s like, ‘Well then you should do stand up.'"

"Two times in six minutes someone went, 'Ha!' and I was like, ‘That was terrible, there’s no way I’m getting it,'" he remembered thinking.

"After my first year I actually called for a meeting with Lorne and I was like, ‘Please fire me,' and he’s like, ‘Why?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t belong here. Everybody’s so talented and they don’t want to be my friend,'" Davidson recalled.

Laughing, he explained, "Because I was a child. I was like, 'Nobody wants to be my friend.' And he said, ‘You don’t figure it out 'til your third or fourth year... It's just gonna suck for three or four years.’ And he was right.”

“I appreciate SNL always having my back and allowing me to work on myself and grow,”

Davidson said on his final episode.

“Thank you to Lorne for never giving up on me or judging me even when everyone else was and for believing in me and allowing me to have a place that I could call home with memories that will last a lifetime."