Fred Armisen Quotes
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The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.
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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.
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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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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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'Sandinista!' is a masterpiece.
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I think Ian MacKaye is everything that I always wanted to be.
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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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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 can't be bothered with narrative. It takes too long for me to try to think of it.
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I learned at 'SNL' that it's a bummer to bum people out.
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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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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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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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We almost called the 'Portlandia' show 'Stumptown.' That was the original name.
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For me, I would get so frustrated because I would see these other bands just whip by us.
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I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything.
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I started comedy in, like, 1998.
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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 see everything as a positive that can only help me.
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I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.
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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.
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Sometimes in Portland I'm like, 'Who is funding this city?' It's doing great - there's all these new shops; there's a synthesizer store. Where is this coming from?
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The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark. Like, will this work?
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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.