Saturday Night Live Quotes - Page 3

• Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back in the beginning, and a lot of really dark comedy had a really anti-sentimental take on life.

  Matt Groening

  Dark, Night, Views

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• When I started on 'Saturday Night Live,' I had the choice of wearing contact lenses, which I had never worn before, or glasses, in order to be able to read the cue cards.

  Tina Fey

  Night, Glasses, Order

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• Before I had children, I was - everything about my life was devoted to "Saturday Night Live."

  Maya Rudolph

  Children, Night, Saturday

  "Maya Rudolph: The Fresh Air Interview". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 8, 2012.

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• I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.

  Victoria Jackson

  Night, Saturday, Qualified

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• I've done movies with Oliver Stone and Michael Mann. And I've done quite a few dramas in my time, from the theatre to film work. I just think the audience is used to seeing me on 'Saturday Night Live,' and 'K-9,' and 'Curly Sue' and of course, 'According to Jim.' I think that my comedies have been the most popular.

  James Belushi

  Drama, Night, Thinking

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• If I knew anything about what people wanted and was popular, I'd still be writing for 'Saturday Night Live'. I can only write what I want, and hopefully people will like it.

  Max Brooks

  Writing, Night, People

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• I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live.

  Max Brooks

  Jobs, Book, Night

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• Saturday Night Live is hitting me on a regular basis again. This is my fourth decade that I've been lampooned on Saturday Night Live

  Geraldo Rivera

  Night, Literature, Hitting

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• I can tell you how bad our boards are... I don't have to watch Saturday Night Live anymore; I just go to the board meetings.

  Carl Icahn

  Night, Funny Graduation, Watches

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• They sent me the script and I thought that there was something very appealing and funny about it. Also, I was familiar with Mike Myers work in Saturday Night Live, but I did not know the extent to which he would make this creation.

  Michael York

  Night, Scripts, Creation

  "Michael York from theater to big screen". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.

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• When I was on Saturday Night Live, I was furious at some of the choices that were being made. None of us are all happy about every choice that's being made, but that's another part about being there for a while. You start seeing why they do it, and you've just got to try to get your punches in while you can.

  Horatio Sanz

  Night, Choices, Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• From National Lampoon, you go directly to Saturday Night Live, because it's a lot of the same people.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Night, People, Saturday

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• With Saturday Night Live you're looking for any hook, any way to stay on the show.

  David Spade

  Night, Hook, Way

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• I was just trying to blend the standup that I do almost with like the visual sketch stuff that I did on "Saturday Night Live." And so in terms of how elastic in the world is, we'll see what we can get away with [in John Mulaney show].

  John Mulaney

  Night, Trying, World

  Source: uproxx.com

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• The earliest stand-up comedy I was aware of was Bill Cosby. I watched Saturday Night Live as soon as I was aware of it, and Monty Python used to be on PBS at weird hours, so I used to try to watch that. And I loved George Carlin on SNL, that was the first stand-up I ever really remember seeing on TV. And then Steve Martin. I guess I was in fifth or sixth grade when Steve Martin showed up, and he was instantly my idol. And Richard Pryor around the same time too, I sort of became aware of him, though I don't remember the first time I saw him.

  Louis C. K.

  Night, Idols, Pbs

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• My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path.

  Nicole Ari Parker

  Night, Off The Beaten Path, Quirky

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• I want to win a Grammy. I want to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. I want to be a musical guest on 'Saturday Night Live.' And I want to play arenas and have tons of people watching me.

  Cheyenne Kimball

  Winning, Night, Play

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• I think both of those: the subject matter, pop culture... the talent, I don't think... there's no Jim Belushi in Saturday Night Live, for me. And probably, you know, possibly the material. They've done everything over the years.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Night, Thinking, Culture

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• 10 years ago, I would've host Saturday Night Live. But to me, the show has declined. For some reason, humor isn't what it was. It just, to me, it's not as funny as it was, not as sharply satirical.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Night, Host, Reason

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• I didn't respond to the kind of sarcastic tone. It felt like some of the Sarah Palin speech was written as though it were a Saturday Night Live newscast. Maybe that's because she looks very similar . . . She's got her Tina Fey thing going.

  Eddie Vedder

  Sarcastic, Night, Kind

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm more of a comedian. I wouldn't mind being on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I think that would be cool.

  Cheyenne Kimball

  Night, Thinking, Comedian

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• I took my portrait that Kaufman did of me home from the Saturday Night Live TV set.

  Eddie Murphy

  Home, Night, Tvs

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• I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch 'Saturday Night Live.'

  Rashida Jones

  Mom, Night, Watches

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• I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids in the Hall,' and things like that. Very early on, my parents realized that I was not going to be an engineer or a doctor. I just don't have those inclinations, at all.

  Mindy Kaling

  Kids, Night, Doctors

  "Mindy Kaling Talks Acting in and Producing THE MINDY PROJECT, Returning to THE OFFICE, GAME OF THRONES Obsessions and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 30, 2012.

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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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