Fred Armisen Quotes
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play.
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The entertainment business is not the be-all and end-all for me.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
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Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.
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I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.
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My great-grandmother lived to be 100 years old, so I got to know her. She always sent us birthday cards that had $2 bills inside - we kept them for good luck.
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If you go away with, you know, a girlfriend, wife, whatever, you have an argument on holiday because you're not used to spending that much time with people.
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I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.
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Love to me has meant different things at different junctures of my life. I'm not a hopeless romantic.
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I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage.
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I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts from all my friends going, 'What's the matter with you?' But I haven't ever made a big attempt to have any particular image. And I don't really worry about it. If it's funny, I don't care.
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I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.
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Everybody wants recognition, but we can't all get it.
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I would like to see a lot of people more involved in practical solutions to practical problems. Women have got to the point where we can turn the world upside down.
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All the stories I write come from someone I've met or some anecdote I've heard.
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And ne'er did Grecian chisel traceA Nymph, a Naiad, or a GraceOf finer form or lovelier face.
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From the male perspective, when commitment is associated with diamonds and mortgages, promises of love can feel like promises of payment.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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If I could give one tip for people - it's not an exercise or nutrition regimen. It's to walk your talk and believe in yourself, because at the end of the day, the dumbbell and diet don't get you in shape. It's your accountability to your word.
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I'm a playmaker, and I'm going to score. At the end of the day, my job is to put the ball in the basket.
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My favorite album is 'Ram' by Paul and Linda McCartney.
