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Famous Quotes By Fred Armisen

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I'm drawn to punk. I'm drawn to samba a bit. I don't think there's a type of music I'm not drawn to. Lykke Li I really like. Holy Sons I still can't get enough of. — Fred Armisen

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I'm obsessed with my 20s. I buy things that I wanted in my 20s. It's weird; it's a weird thing that I didn't grow out of. — Fred Armisen

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My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese. I was raised in New York and spent two years in Rio. My parents met at the University of Southern Mississippi, and they had me there, and then we moved to New York. I'm not very familiar with Mississippi. — Fred Armisen

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In my opinion, there's this new phenomenon where guys used to talk about cars a lot in the past. But, more and more it's becoming them talking about recording studios. — Fred Armisen

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That smile on Stive Jobs face ... My impersonation came from being a fan. — Fred Armisen

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I wish I was one of those people who could write script after script and pages and pages. I can only aspire to do that. — Fred Armisen

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I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band. For me, 'SNL' is like ... this is gonna sound overly dramatic, but ... the way I am, it feels like I'm a soldier, so it was like, 'What do you want me to do? Put me anywhere. Do you want me to do these sketches? Great.' — Fred Armisen

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I came away from 'Saturday Night Live' feeling very well represented. I felt, and I still feel like, they let me do so much stuff that I wanted to do. Stuff that I almost didn't even know what it was. — Fred Armisen

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There's something that I can't describe about the city [Portland] that I really love - just physically - how it feels to walk around there, and have coffee there. Also, the way that it's a little overcast sometimes. Something about Portland just really resonated with me. — Fred Armisen

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I would really like to do a movie. Schedule-wise I don't know when exactly, but I think it would be great to do a Portlandia movie. Some of my favorite television shows have done it and they've been great. Like Monty Python. I think it would be great. — Fred Armisen

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I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile. — Fred Armisen

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I feel bad for everyone I've gone out with. — Fred Armisen

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I like it when people are driven. I love that in any field of work, in architecture or whatever. Like Lorne Michaels - he pays attention to every detail. — Fred Armisen

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The more I keep myself occupied and jump from thing to thing, the more I think it enriches both. — Fred Armisen

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There's something really easy and just somehow un-crowded about the Portland airport. Every time I go there I'm like, 'Why is this so easy and sweet?' — Fred Armisen

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I don't think there's an archetype for the Justin Bieber fan. A Bieber fan just looks like an American. You wouldn't even need a costume to try and resemble one. — Fred Armisen

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I lived in Chicago, but the music I was inspired by was from D. C. — Fred Armisen

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I started comedy in like 1998. — Fred Armisen

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Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful. — Fred Armisen

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I want it all ... fast. I want to be married, I want to live together ... and then somewhere around a year or two years, I get freaked out. I freak out emotionally and then I actually feel like 'Oh my God, who's this stranger in my house?' — Fred Armisen

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Prince is my favorite ever. I've liked Prince since ... It's been a really long time. Even in junior high. I used to only like punk for a while, and I had all these rules for what kinds of groups were cool, and who was not cool, but as soon as I saw this one Prince video ... It just broke all those rules. I was like, 'I love this no matter what.' — Fred Armisen

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When I first started going to Portland, people told me about Stumptown. They were like 'Oh, it's the best coffee,' and I thought, 'How good could it really be?' I'm like, 'Sure, great, uh ... I'd love to see it.' But then when I went, it truly, I am not kidding, is the best coffee I have ever had. — Fred Armisen

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I thrive most when I have to juggle things. — Fred Armisen

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Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage. — Fred Armisen

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Sometimes I think I'm a really interesting guy. — Fred Armisen

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I still feel lucky whenever I hear a director say, "Action!" Because then I think, "Whoa, I'm really in the movies. This is a real thing happening." I've never not been enthralled by that. I still love it. I still love hearing it, and I feel really lucky all the time. — Fred Armisen

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There are people who are genetically made to start record labels, and I'm not one of those people. People just have it in their blood and are good at it. Corey Rusk from Touch and Go and Ian MacKaye. These are people who have made their own labels. — Fred Armisen

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I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work ... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time. — Fred Armisen

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Remember that there's no one way of doing things ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open. — Fred Armisen

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Someday maybe I'll go back and see what the Deep South is like. — Fred Armisen

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I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is. — Fred Armisen

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I enjoy getting to work on 'Saturday Night Live', where I get to do people like David Paterson. And then, its like a different muscle to do someone like a bicycle guy on' Portlandia'. — Fred Armisen

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I try to maintain a high level of coolness. Which means I've gotta look at lot of magazines. I've gotta look at a lot of ads to see what people want to wear. — Fred Armisen

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There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had me on stage, and I have played on their record. There are a couple of bands like that. Yo La Tango has invited me to play with them. — Fred Armisen

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Sometimes 'Portlandia' can be pretty traditional. But the stuff I've always loved on 'SNL' has always been the weirdest stuff I've done. The stuff that went on at 10 to 1 in the morning. — Fred Armisen

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Chalkboards being used inside the restaurant seem to be a good sign that the proprietors are proud of their food, and that's kind of nice, actually - it's a nice personal touch. — Fred Armisen

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I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now. That stuff was heavy. — Fred Armisen

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I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches. — Fred Armisen

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I think I was a terrible husband, I think I'm a terrible boyfriend. — Fred Armisen

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Portland is where young people go to retire. — Fred Armisen

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When people say that L.A. doesn't have a culture, I think it really does: a very old culture, and very specific. There's streets named after entertainers, and statues of entertainers, and it's great. Entertainment is still art, even if it makes billions of dollars. So it's like a city built on entertainment, and art in a way. — Fred Armisen

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I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person. — Fred Armisen

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Bill Hader does a really good impression of me. — Fred Armisen

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Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums. — Fred Armisen

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Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible. — Fred Armisen

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The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that ... I feel like that's dead. — Fred Armisen

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People are always nice, so I can't complain. My name used to be SNL! More and more, people call me by my name. — Fred Armisen

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I've always been a fan of instructional videos. The bass-player ones are insane. The music on them is fascinating. It's not something you hear on CDs or would really ever play in bands. You listen to it and are like, 'What is happening?' It's this blizzard of notes in weird time signatures, and they're trying to teach you that. — Fred Armisen

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I met Steve Jobs once. In '06? He had a sense of humor. — Fred Armisen

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I love 'Saturday Night Live,' and I really feel like people who have left before me have always stayed with the show. They never really quite left, which is nice. Everyone kind of stays close. — Fred Armisen

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I've met Tony Danza. He was really nice. And he looks ... I feel like he hasn't aged. He looks exactly the same. He's just Tony Danza. He's exactly the same as he's always been. — Fred Armisen

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Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce]. — Fred Armisen