Emmy Nominees: Bill Hader of 'Saturday Night Live' "Saturday Night Live," the long-running NBC late-night comedy show, picked up another 14 Emmy nominations on Thursday, including nods for cast member Kristen Wiig (who left the show at the end of last season); guest hosts Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph and Jimmy Fallon; and as an outstanding variety series. Also recognized was Bill Hader, who was nominated as an outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series - the first time that a male performer on "S.N.L." has been nominated in this category since Eddie Murphy in 1983. Here, Mr. Hader talks about this rare feat - or perhaps learns about it for the first time - and reflects on seasons past and still to come. Did you know you're the first male "S.N.L." cast member to get this kind of nomination since Eddie Murphy? I thought it was Will Ferrell. He was nominated for individual variety performance, and so were folks like Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz. But not as an actor in a comedy series. Oh my God. I didn't know that. I was up early this morning, checked my email, looked at my phone. Had breakfast, took a shower and came out. No one was here and there were tons of emails and texts. They were all from "S.N.L." people, so I thought, Oh, did something bad happen? And Kristen's was the first one I saw. She was the first person to text me: "Oh my God, congratulations!" And then a bunch of writers. It was really moving. The show is such an ensemble effort and people there are so loathe to call attention to themselves. Does it make the accomplishment more special for you when you get recognized? That's why it's such a shock to me. There's so many of us. I'm only as good as our ensemble is, and as good as our writers are. You do that thing at the end of the year - "Hey, do you want to submit your Emmy show?" And I'm always like, "Ah, whatever you guys think is good." It'll never happen. It's like, "Hey, you want to submit yourself so you can take a space shuttle to Mars?" No, you do it, because it'll never happen. I told my wife I got nominated and she went, "For what?" I was like, "For "S.N.L"!" She was like, "Oh, really?" For your own sake, do you owe thank-you notes to James Carville, Rick Perry, Shepard Smith and the other people you've impersonated on "Saturday Night Live"? I owe a big thank-you note to the guy who works as a barista at an unnamed coffee shop in Chelsea where John Mulaney and I got the idea for Stefon. Another person I should really thank is Megan Mullally, because if it wasn't for her going, "You're funny," she would never have told Lorne [Michaels, the "Saturday Night Live" executive producer] and none of this would have happened. In addition to Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg has said that he won't be returning to the show. Are you thinking about how it's going to be different and how the dynamic is going to change in the coming season? I don't know what's going to happen. When new people are hired, you probably find out before I do. On a personal level, Andy and Kristen not only were huge to the show - obviously - but they were the people I came in with, along with [Jason] Sudeikis. There's a special bond you have with the person you came in with. Andy and I flew from L.A. to New York together to have our final meeting and the whole time were, like, "This is so wild." We all became professionals at the same time. Our careers got a giant boost at the same time and we went through the same learning curve. They mean a lot to me, so to have them gone, it's a huge thing. But Kenan [Thompson] and Fred [Armisen] and all these people that I love are still there. All these great writers that we have are still going to be there, and we'll get new cast members and who knows? A new cast member could come in and pull a "Lazy Sunday" and we suddenly go, "Whoa, that's what we're about now."