Saturday Night Quotes - Page 9

• 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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• During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ass followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too.

  Adam Garcia

  Inspirational, Dance, Laughter

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

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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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• Bollywood stars are versatile; they not only act, but each one has the dance skills of John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever.'

  Christian Louboutin

  Stars, Night, Skills

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• Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.

  George Lucas

  Football, Night, Games

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• I started on 'Saturday Night Live' the same time Conan started on 'Late Night.' We just had a relationship because I would be upstairs in the studio and whenever he couldn't get a guest - which was often back then since he was just starting out - he would just call me down to be a guest.

  Norm MacDonald

  Night, Would Be, Guests

  Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. May 14, 2010.

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• We had to decide: Do we want to do Saturday Night or go to our Senior Prom? We opted for Saturday Night Live.

  Mary-Kate Olsen

  Senior, Night, Want

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• I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place.

  Brad Pitt

  Believe, Kids, Night

  "Brad Pitt: 'Moneyball,' Life And 'The Stalkerazzi'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 22, 2011.

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• I was in high school when Will Ferrell was first on 'Saturday Night Live', and I remember thinking, 'Man, that guy is the funniest guy ever.'

  Seth Rogen

  Funny, School, Night

  Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. December 13, 2005.

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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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• Saturday Night Live is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.

  Jill Scott

  Fun, Character, Night

  "Jill Scott Talks FRINGE, Why She Wanted the Role, Hopes for Her Character, Being Part of the Final Season, Working with the Cast and Future Guest Spots". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 8, 2012.

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• By the time I would have graduated, at 22, I was a writer and featured performer on Saturday Night Live.

  Sarah Silverman

  Night, Comedy, Saturday

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• I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner.

  Emma Stone

  Night, Thinking, Careers

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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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• Living in LA is like not having a date on Saturday night.

  Candice Bergen

  Funny, Humor, Night

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• I have read countless comics books while listening to hip hop, and as a young one, I wasted countless hours practicing nunchuks to Schoolly D's "Saturday Night." I would give anything for a video of that.

  Axel Alonso

  Book, Night, Giving

  "Marvel Exclusive: See 5 New Hip Hop Comic Book Covers". Interview with Zach Dionne, www.fuse.tv. October 8, 2015.

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• I want to thank my amateur trainer. We started at the bottom together. Just because you were born at the bottom doesn't mean you have to stay at the bottom. After Saturday night, we're going to put that bologna away and go get a steak.

  Tavoris Cloud

  Mean, Night, Together

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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 enjoy Saturday night racing.

  Dale Earnhardt

  Night, Racing, Enjoy

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• 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 you build characters from the outside in, they become, oftentimes they become like 'Saturday Night Live' characters or they become like caricatures of the character.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Character, Night, Saturday

  "Interview: Ashton Kutcher and Joshua Michael Stern on Jobs". Interview With Zaki Hasan, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2013.

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• When a show has been on for so long, you lose fans, you gain fans. I remember this from 'Saturday Night Live.'

  Kevin Nealon

  Night, Long, Fans

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• I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.

  John Travolta

  Night, Thinking, Careers

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• I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Football, Team, Sacrifice

  "Failure to Launch: When Beauty Fades". www.elle.com. May 20, 2009.

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