Fred Armisen Quotes

I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.

Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.

If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.

Portland is where young people go to retire.

I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.

There are so many disagreements in the world, but I like the idea of people agreeing on something like art.

Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.

"Macarena" is a great song. If music is something you can remember - the worst crime music can do is to be forgettable.

Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].

The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.

I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.

Sometimes I think I'm a really interesting guy.

I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time.

We lived in Chicago, but the music we were inspired by was from D. C.

I'm obsessed with my 20s. I buy things that I wanted in my 20s. It's weird; it's a weird thing that I didn't grow out of.

Someday maybe I'll go back and see what the Deep South is like.

Rules are really weird things, aren't they? I feel like the more I do something, the more I see through rules. I see the reason to ignore it, but at the same time, "That's why they made that rule!"

I like it when people are driven. I love that in any field of work, in architecture or whatever. Like Lorne Michaels - he pays attention to every detail.

That smile on Stive Jobs face... My impersonation came from being a fan.

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.

I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.

I think I was a terrible husband, I think I'm a terrible boyfriend.

I enjoy getting to work on 'Saturday Night Live', where I get to do people like David Paterson. And then, its like a different muscle to do someone like a bicycle guy on' Portlandia'.

Chalkboards being used inside the restaurant seem to be a good sign that the proprietors are proud of their food, and that's kind of nice, actually - it's a nice personal touch.

Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums.

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.

I started comedy in like 1998.

The more I keep myself occupied and jump from thing to thing, the more I think it enriches both.

I thrive most when I have to juggle things.

In my opinion, there's this new phenomenon where guys used to talk about cars a lot in the past. But, more and more it's becoming them talking about recording studios.

I wish I was one of those people who could write script after script and pages and pages. I can only aspire to do that.

People are always nice, so I can't complain. My name used to be SNL! More and more, people call me by my name.

I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now.

As far as paintings go, I always think about what it's like to move them and hang them up and hope they don't drop. To me, that seems like a big gamble, but that comes from me not being a painter.

Just a lot of those bands [like The Blue Jean Committee] started off in blues, and then they all transformed into other kinds.

I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.

I met Steve Jobs once. In '06? He had a sense of humor.

I'm a fan of Talking Heads going way back.

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. I wanted attention.

My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese.