SNL is approached as a collaborative environment for making comedy with supportive friends. Success is treated as a shared outcome, and setbacks lead to helping teammates and trying again. Confidence comes from writing habits developed through experience with the Groundlings, where writing for oneself is necessary to reach the stage. Stress is linked to peers who come from stand-up without sketch-writing experience and may need help from writers while still being new. Work habits emphasize submitting sketches before bedtime rather than staying up late, focusing on completing tasks fully while maintaining personal boundaries.
"“I don't see the show as competitive at all,” she said. “And that sounds so silly to people. It almost feels disrespectful to people.” She, instead, has an outlook that is abnormal in its normality. “I see it as a collaborative place to be funny with wonderful friends, and if your thing gets on, it's awesome,” she explained. “And if not, you have to help out your teammates in their sketch, and you'll try again next week.”"
"Padilla herself chalked it up to her experience with the L.A.-based sketch group the Groundlings. “You have to write for yourself to get on that stage, so I had that tool going in,” she said. “I empathize with my peers who came from the stand-up world and don't write sketches. They're like, 'I need help,' but they're too new so the writers aren't gonna ... That's where I think that stress might come from.”"
"“I submit my sketch before bedtime,” she said. “And then everyone's like, 'I was up till four.' And I'm like, 'Oh, no.'” She simply focuses on her work and then ... gets it done. “Maybe minding my business sounds horrible,” she said. “It doesn't mean I'm not turning in my work and being a hundred percent. But to be a hundred percent"
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