TeshWhen Kristen Wiig left "Saturday Night Live" in May, no one was surprised — disappointed we wouldn't see her signature characters anymore, but not surprised. The 38-year-old's first movie script, 2011's "Bridesmaids" (which she co-wrote with Annie Mumolo), was a $169 million hit in which she also starred, sparked a trend of comedies aimed at females in movies and TV shows. Now Wiig reveals in the new issue of Marie Claire that her status as an up-and-coming movie star wasn't the reason she put her "SNL" days behind her. "I know a lot of people probably assume, 'Oh, she's leaving because she is going to be doing movies now and things like that,' which I will be," says Wiig, who has six projects through 2014 listed on her IMDb resume. "But I just always knew it was going to be seven [seasons] and that was it. I think maybe if I were 22, I could see myself staying a little bit, but it just felt like the right time." Her final episode, which ended in a graduation sketch with a teary-eyed Wiig playing the student and guest host Mick Jagger playing the principal, was "very emotional," she adds.
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