
Armisen, Rudolph, and Samberg in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame press room.Photo: Getty Images
Samberg: “It was at the Union Square theater, and we dove off the balcony into
the bottom-floor audience. We were just so fucking fired up about Sparta!”
Fred Armisen: I punched everyone around me and got kicked out in the first five minutes.
Samberg: Fred ripped his shirt off with one finger. He was the animal. I was the brains behind the operation. We dove together. It was like a Thelma and Louise moment. Everyone caught us and carried us up to the screen and put us up to the screen and then they shot us.
New York: And what were you doing?
Maya Rudolph: Falling asleep. —Jada Yuan