Saturday Night Livenewcomer Devon Walker is well aware of thosePete Davidsoncomparisons and he isn’t too concerned about them.

After eight years on the show,Davidson bid farewell during the season 47 finalelast year.

“Sarah gave me a good piece of advice when I first got hired.

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Her advice was basically, ‘Dude, it’s just people.’

You know how to perform in front of a room.

Don’t think about the millions of people behind the camera.

There’s a “productive competitiveness” among the cast.

“Everybody’s doing that, but nobody’s trying to tear each other down.”

Catch Walker and co. onSNLSaturdays on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT, coast to coast.