Fred Armisen Quotes
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Fereydun, that's my dad's name. My grandmother, my dad's mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman. It wasn't his child, but he was still very supportive and said, 'Hey, this is a great name,' and so it stuck. So that's what she named him.
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Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage.
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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.
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Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent.
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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.
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I have a problem with sweets. I have an inability to eat a just little bit. It's almost like I can't even enjoy chocolate anymore - I have to stuff it into my brain, cram it into my ears.
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I feel like Miami is way, way too hot.
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Hopefully there will be a day when all comedy is all robots.
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I was impersonating people way, way, way early, as far back as I can remember. And I would do people on my street for my parents, I remember. And in school, I did the same thing with all the teachers. It was just like, I mean, it was something I loved to do. I don't think there was a time when I wasn't doing it. I was always doing it.
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Bill Hader does a really good impression of me.
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I don't think I've ever hosted anything in my life.
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People on the street comment on how handsome I am. You know, people stop and say how angular my face is.
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You should approach everything in life like, 'What is this?'
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James Franco has turned his life into a real art project. In my opinion, that's the way to live.
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I'll just say that there are times when TV shows, like 'The Honeymooners' or 'I Love Lucy' or something, where they're totally in their stride, and this thing happens, where you can tell they got everything they wanted. And it starts to look a little relaxed. No criticism to the shows whatsoever; these people are geniuses.
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There's no judgment on bands that continue on who aren't popular; some people get enjoyment out of it. I'm just not one of those people.
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When I used to see Rick Moranis do something, to me that was immediately funny. Or George Carlin or Martin Lawrence.
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I take any project on a month or two at a time. Meaning, I don't think too far ahead.
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I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.
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I really loved touring with my band, but it felt like we would spend a lot of time playing in empty rooms - empty clubs. We had some good successes, but it's so physically hard to load up a van and drive all day.
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I don't like watching shows where all of a sudden you're like, what happened? They shot the last season in Las Vegas?
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I like to think Portland and L.A. are not rivals; they're cousins. As cities on the West Coast, they're distinct in their own way but still culturally similar.
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El Perro del Mar sort of accompanied my time at 'SNL.' To concentrate and focus, I would play the bass to one of her songs from her third album.
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The worst art is when it's really convenient and comfy.