Explore Quotes by Fred Armisen

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.

When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks.

I don't like watching shows where all of a sudden you're like, what happened? They shot the last season in Las Vegas?

You have to understand how lucky I feel. I was on 'Saturday. Night. Live.' I played with the Clash! On what planet would I look at anything in my life in any less-than-stellar way?

I see everything as a positive that can only help me.

Questlove redefined what a band can be, and Paul Shaffer and Max Weinberg really put their own spin on it. I bow down to these people. All of them.

I will admit that I purposely stress myself out. But I think I like stressing myself out. There's a glamour to, like, 'I've got to get to the airport!' I just like the caricature.

I learned at 'SNL' that it's a bummer to bum people out.

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.

James Franco has turned his life into a real art project. In my opinion, that's the way to live.

I started comedy in, like, 1998.

I work better when I'm juggling projects. Nothing worse than watching someone really embrace what they're doing if they love it too much.

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

Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent.

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

I really like Au Revoir Simone.

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.'

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?

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.

I feel really lucky to get to do comedy, and music, at all. I want to do as much as I can.

My showbiz career started with 'SNL,' and to write an 'SNL' book... well, there are already enough of those.