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

  Fred Armisen

  Blue, Band, Kind

  "Bill Hader and Fred Armisen on making comedy cinematic with Documentary Now!". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, avclub.com. August 4, 2016.

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• 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.

  Fred Armisen

  Moving, Thinking, Painting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The population increasing, some of it could be in countries we haven't thought of making art in. I've never entertained making comedy in China. Like what world is that? I don't know how they would perceive art or sketch comedy. It's not a matter of intellect; it's a matter of language.

  Fred Armisen

  Country, Art, World

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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

  Fred Armisen

  Talking, Fans, Way

  "Bill Hader and Fred Armisen on making comedy cinematic with Documentary Now!". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, www.avclub.com. August 4, 2016.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Song, Remember, Crime

  "Bill Hader and Fred Armisen on making comedy cinematic with Documentary Now!". Interview with Gwen Ihnat, www.avclub.com. August 4, 2016.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Art, Painting, Enjoy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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

  Fred Armisen

  Jobs, Sense Of Humor, Mets

  "Fred Armisen: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 19, 2011.

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• 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.

  Fred Armisen

  Night, People, Complaining

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January, 2012.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Nice, Names, People

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January, 2012.

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• 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.

  Fred Armisen

  Writing, People, Wish

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January, 2012.

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• I still feel lucky whenever I hear a director say, "Action!" Because then I think, "Whoa, I'm really in the movies. This is a real thing happening." I've never not been enthralled by that. I still love it. I still love hearing it, and I feel really lucky all the time.

  Fred Armisen

  Real, Thinking, Directors

  Interview with Jeff Goldblum, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 21, 2016.

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• 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.

  Fred Armisen

  Past, Talking, Car

  "Fred Armisen Welcomes You Back To 'Portlandia'". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.yahoo.com. January 2, 2013.

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• I thrive most when I have to juggle things.

  Fred Armisen

  Thrive

  "Fred Armisen Welcomes You Back To 'Portlandia'". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. January 2, 2013.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Thinking

  "Fred Armisen Welcomes You Back To 'Portlandia'". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. January 2, 2013.

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• I started comedy in like 1998.

  Fred Armisen

  Comedy

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January, 2012.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Chicago, Inspired

  "Fred Armisen: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 19, 2011.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Someday, South

  "Fred Armisen: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 19, 2011.

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• 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!"

  Fred Armisen

  Reason, Really Weird

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• 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.

  Fred Armisen

  People, Details, Attention

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January, 2012.

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• 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

  New York, Years, Two

  Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January, 2012.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Jobs, Fans, Faces

  "Fred Armisen: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 19, 2011.

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• 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.

  Fred Armisen

  Mean, People, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When people say that L.A. doesn't have a culture, I think it really does: a very old culture, and very specific. There's streets named after entertainers, and statues of entertainers, and it's great. Entertainment is still art, even if it makes billions of dollars. So it's like a city built on entertainment, and art in a way.

  Fred Armisen

  Art, Thinking, Cities

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. January 11, 2006.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Night, Thinking, Saturday

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Fred Armisen

  Husband, Thinking, Terrible

  "Fred Armisen, Elisabeth Moss Marriage: Actor Admits He Was ‘A Terrible Husband’". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 8, 2013.

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