Jimmy Fallon Admits This 1 Thing Is His 'Biggest Fear' Tied to His Career

Comedian Jimmy Fallon took his biggest fears seriously.

Thursday, October 31 episode Hot oneThe 50-year-old comedian sat down with host Sean Evans ahead of the November 1 release of his comedy album, Holiday spice.

While Fallon may have a successful career as a late-night talk show host and actor, he says there’s still one thing that scares him more than anything when it comes to his job.

Jimmy Fallon on Hot Ones.

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“As a comedian, silence,” Fallon admitted. “The deafening silence is my biggest fear, the crying in front of the cameras that is happening now, my biggest fear. Probably my biggest fear is giving up in front of the American public, and I’m not doing that.”

The The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The star also shared her best moment from 1998 to 2004 Saturday night live.

“‘Cowbell’ — it just broke, I mean next level,” he said of the classic sketch that aired on April 8, 2000.

Jimmy Fallon — Cowbell SNL sketch.

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The skit, titled “More Cowbell,” featured Fallon, Christopher Walken, Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz playing the rock band Blue Öyster Cult during filming.

“Everyone was so funny in that sketch,” Fallon told Evans, 38. “Christopher Walken wasn’t even speaking as a human being, he was doing an impression of himself.”

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Fallon also recalled how one of the scene’s iconic moments came about.

“I remember I had one line and just as I was about to give my line, Kattan and Will were improvising and pushing each other,” he said. “Kattan knocked Will’s sunglasses off and I could see the madman’s eyes and I started laughing, and that’s what got my reputation as the guy who laughs during all the skits. That was great, Debby Downer, I was a part of that skit. I was very firm about it until the end, time, time.”

Over the years, Fallon has worked on many big-name comedy sketches.

Justin Timberlake as Robin Gibb and Jimmy Fallon as Barry Gibb in an October 2023 ‘SNL’ sketch.

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During his visit Hot onethe Fever The actor also shared the time he realized how seriously Justin Timberlake was taking his craft.

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“He’s one of the most talented human beings in the world, he’s a perfectionist,” Fallon said of the “Selfish” singer.

“I remember we were doing SNL, and we’re doing Barry Gibb’s talk show, and we were about to go, about 20 seconds into the air, and he goes, ‘Hey, Jimmy, you remember, hit that harmony,’ and I go, ‘Yeah , I will,’ he shook my hand and said, ‘I’m serious, man, don’t forget to hit that harmony.’ And like to calm down, man, we’re dressed like the Bee Gees, and for a second I felt what it’s like to be Lance Bass,” Fallon joked, referring to Timberlake’s *NSYNC bandmate.

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