Fred Armisen Quotes

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Fred Armisen

Profession : Comedian

Birth : December 4, 1966

My problem is with intimacy. That's where I have my biggest problems.

Fred Armisen

I have the capability to have a close relationship with someone.

Fred Armisen

Something about Portland just really resonated with me.

Fred Armisen

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.

Fred Armisen

I love my bandmates, and they're my friends, and even though we had fun and got to tour and I got to play the drums a lot, which I'll always appreciate, we had a really rough time. We toured and tried to get people to come to our shows and put out records, and we really struggled.

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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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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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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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As a kid, 'The Monkees' was such a cool show. I had such a thrill saying, 'OMG, I was in a sketch with one of the Monkees.'

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Ever since I was really little, I started doing a - I don't know how to put this - mentally challenged person on my street. I meant no harm by it, but I remembered how this person talked, and I did it for my mom, and she was not into it. She said, 'You can't do that!' But my dad really laughed.

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I really like Au Revoir Simone.

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Hopefully there will be a day when all comedy is all robots.

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There should be comedians who perform only for robots - I'm saying human comedians that only perform for robots.

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Music documentaries are tricky because of 'Spinal Tap.' That movie has stood the test of time.

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Talking Heads were a big influence on my comedy. For David Byrne, every album had to be different. With 'Portlandia,' every season has to be different. You gotta reinvent the look, all of it.

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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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I don't think I've ever hosted anything in my life.

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When I'm hungry, I need to eat right away.

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All of my memories are now on hard drives. I'll change phones or I'll change my laptop, and all my photos stay.

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Since I was, like, an infant... I remember being in love with television. I loved listening to music. I wanted to be on records, and I wanted to be on TV.

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