Fred Armisen Quotes
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The Long Island experience is so strange. You're a satellite around the city, so the presence of the city is always looming.
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Over the years, El Perro del Mar became this artist that, every record that came out, I just loved it.
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Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as its drummer. So I'm all for drum solos. I'm all for drummers hamming it up. I'm all for drummers standing up and kicking over the kit.
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I'm glad I get to do characters. It's just like a Polaroid shot of whoever the person is, and to me, anyway, that's kind of what life is like. You get a general sense of somebody, and then we're all good, we get it. We understand each other.
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When 'Pale Fire' came out, that album was a big friend of mine. I've just always purely been a fan of El Perro del Mar.
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As a kid, 'The Monkees' was such a cool show. I had such a thrill saying, 'OMG, I was in a sketch with one of the Monkees.'
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I can't be bothered with narrative. It takes too long for me to try to think of it.
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I spent most of my 20s playing music. I was in a band, and we worked really hard and did not get very far.
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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.
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I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background music or doing a soundtrack or wanting to be in a band or writing the song, or writing your own songs. And then comedy is a very black and white thing. You want to make people happy.
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For some reason, juggling things makes everything work better. That's just how we operate. It just makes the other project more of something to look forward to. I think the more you keep things going, the more it helps the other project.
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I really like Au Revoir Simone.
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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.
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Every day, I wanna work on being a better person, not just to others but to myself.
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I like that 'Broad City' exists, and I love being around at the same time as 'Key & Peele.' I love those guys - I just, I love their faces.
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We almost called the 'Portlandia' show 'Stumptown.' That was the original name.
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I started comedy in, like, 1998.
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Surround yourself with people you like and respect; surround yourself with people you just want to be around and keep making things.
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My problem is with intimacy. That's where I have my biggest problems.
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I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything.
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Art should not be an easy thing.
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I don't know anything about the wine world at all.
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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.
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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.