Knowing when to “leave the party,” as recently departed Saturday Night Live star Ego Nwodim put it in her goodbye statement to the show, can be tricky—and now one iconic ex-cast member is expressing regret.

Chevy Chase said that leaving the show at the height of his success was a “mistake” in the new documentary about his life and career, I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not from CNN Films.

“It was a mistake to leave SNL,” Chase says in the trailer for the film, which was released on Thursday. A member of the show’s debut cast, Chase left the series midway through Season 2 after establishing himself as the show’s first real breakout star.

“The forces pulling him were money, power, and all of that. And when Hollywood wants you, they’re pretty good at it,” SNL boss Lorne Michaels says in the

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