Fred Armisen Quotes

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Fred Armisen

Profession : Comedian

Birth : December 4, 1966

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

Fred Armisen

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.

Fred Armisen

My mom is from Venezuela, and my dad is German and Japanese, and we lived in Brazil when I was a kid for a couple of years, and then I grew up on Long Island. I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head. I was just around it a lot.

Fred Armisen

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.

Fred Armisen

We almost called the 'Portlandia' show 'Stumptown.' That was the original name.

Fred Armisen

When I used to see Rick Moranis do something, to me that was immediately funny. Or George Carlin or Martin Lawrence.

Fred Armisen

Surround yourself with people you like and respect; surround yourself with people you just want to be around and keep making things.

Fred Armisen

The bands that were big in '77, like the Clash and the Sex Pistols and Talking Heads, I got into them in the early '80s. And it changed my life. It got into my DNA.

Fred Armisen

I can only parody stuff I love.

Fred Armisen

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.

Fred Armisen

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.

Fred Armisen

No yoga. I can barely sit down.

Fred Armisen

I'm drawn to punk. I'm drawn to samba a bit. I don't think there's a type of music I'm not drawn to. Lykke Li I really like. Holy Sons I still can't get enough of.

Fred Armisen

The Long Island experience is so strange. You're a satellite around the city, so the presence of the city is always looming.

Fred Armisen

Panned or not, 'Dune' is a real part of science-fiction filmmaking.

Fred Armisen

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.

Fred Armisen

One person who was interesting was Jello Biafra, who was - of all things - very professional!

Fred Armisen

My favorite song is 'Cybele's Reverie' by Stereolab.

Fred Armisen

I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.

Fred Armisen

There's something really easy and just somehow un-crowded about the Portland airport. Every time I go there I'm like, 'Why is this so easy and sweet?'

Fred Armisen