Fred Armisen Quotes
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I am opposed to vacations and leisure. I try to make every day a work day. Even if there's nothing on my schedule, I will try do at least one task that is work-related.
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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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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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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 Ian MacKaye is everything that I always wanted to be.
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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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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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For me, I would get so frustrated because I would see these other bands just whip by us.
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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 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 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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We almost called the 'Portlandia' show 'Stumptown.' That was the original name.
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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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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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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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Every day, I wanna work on being a better person, not just to others but to myself.
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I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything.
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I see everything as a positive that can only help me.
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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'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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My problem is with intimacy. That's where I have my biggest problems.
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Art should not be an easy thing.