Snl Quotes

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  I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

  Christopher Walken

  Fever, Skit, Saturday Night Live

  "Fictional character: Bruce Dickinson". "Saturday Night Live/ Christopher Walken/Christina Aguilera", www.imdb.com. 2000.

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• I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.

  Al Franken

  Dog, Smart, People

  "ABC's This Week Promotes Dem. Al Franken: 'Traded in Comedy for Politics'". Interview with Jeff Zeleny, www.newsbusters.org. May 4, 2014.

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• I plan to join the 'SNL' band as a maraca player and stand behind saxophonist Lenny Pickett. That way they will at least cut to me before commercial breaks. I'll be sure to look right into camera.

  John Mulaney

  Cutting, Player, Cameras

  Interview with Louis Peitzman, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 22, 2011.

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• Being on "SNL" was a goal that I had when I was younger. When I got fired, I just felt really mad and I felt really grossed out by the system and grossed out by myself and it just sort of knocked me on my ass.

  Jenny Slate

  Mad, Goal, Ass

  "Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman and Richard Kind on stand-up, improv and Jerry Seinfeld". Interview with Prachi Gupta, www.salon.com. January 19, 2014.

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• When I was in high school I was a really huge 'SNL' fan. I remember the cast around the time I started watching it - Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, Cheri O'Teri, Tracy Morgan. I did research to find out how people got on the show. Their bios always said they came from an improv team, so I started taking classes.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Team, School, Class

  Interview with Rachel Rosenblit, www.elle.com. July 31, 2009.

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• Well, basically, when you get SNL, everyone wants to take a meeting, just in case you end up being good.

  Andy Samberg

  Want, Ends, Cases

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. August 01, 2007.

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• I used to stay up at night and sneak into the TV room, past my parents, who were asleep, to watch Saturday Night's 'Main Event.' That's how I started watching SNL. On accident.

  Andy Samberg

  Past, Night, Parent

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• My first year on 'SNL', I made $90,000 dollars.

  Chris Rock

  Years, Dollars, Firsts

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• SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time.

  Adam Sandler

  Brother, Home, Great Times

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 10, 2012.

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• Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about.

  Amy Poehler

  Thinking, Talking, People

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• The good thing about 'SNL' is that it's the same people every week that you're working with, and we've all become so close and tight because we've worked together so long and so closely together.

  Kristen Wiig

  Long, People, Together

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 30, 2009.

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• 'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.

  Miguel

  Musician, Outlets, Premieres

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• I am always so happy to be at 'SNL.' I still feel like a kid when I'm there, like I can't believe I'm watching them make the show.

  Nick Offerman

  Believe, Kids, Shows

  Interview with Mary Kaye Schilling, www.gq.com. July 3, 2012.

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• Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

  Olivia Wilde

  Jobs, Energy, Want

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• I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.

  Fred Armisen

  Relax, Stuff, Not Happy

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

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• When I first set out to ruin SNL, I didn't think anyone would notice, but I persevered because - like you trying to do a nine-piece jigsaw puzzle - it was a labour of love.

  Tina Fey

  Thinking, Jigsaw Puzzles, Trying

  "Tina Fey: 'Ugly, pear-shaped and bitchy? I prefer offbeat, business class-assed and exhausted'" by Tina Fey, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2011.

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• I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band. For me, 'SNL' is like... this is gonna sound overly dramatic, but... the way I am, it feels like I'm a soldier, so it was like, 'What do you want me to do? Put me anywhere. Do you want me to do these sketches? Great.'

  Fred Armisen

  Missing, Soldier, Sound

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

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• Yeah, I just don't break. I don't. And there's only one person I know who's a better non-breaker than me, and that's Will Forte from 'SNL.' You can not make that guy break. I'll break eventually - Will Forte will never break.

  Oscar Nunez

  Guy, Break, Yeah

  "Exclusive: The Office's Oscar Nunez Kisses and Tells". Interview with Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. August 8, 2007.

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• I had a lot of bad jobs but the one big internship I had is I interned for 'SNL' when I was 21 years old and that was the joke. You intern there and you think man, I'm going to be with the writers and the great comedians. Then you're getting everybody sandwiches and then the doors close and then all the great creatives are doing the work.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Jobs, Men, Thinking

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

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• 'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.

  Hannibal Buress

  Jobs, Real, Half

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

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• I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.

  Rachel Dratch

  Wanted, Persons, Happens

  "Rachel Dratch Is An Upper". Interview with Lianne Stokes, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

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• You start at 'SNL' when you're young and hungry, but I don't want my pro years to be my 'SNL' years.

  Jason Sudeikis

  Years, Want, Hungry

  "Jason Sudeikis might bolt 'Saturday Night Live'". Interview with Rebecca Keegan, articles.latimes.com. August 8, 2012.

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• In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.

  Illeana Douglas

  School, Goal, Acting

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• You can track elections by who was playing that president on 'SNL' at that time. There's the theory that the more likable or charismatic impression would help get the president elected.

  Jordan Peele

  Track, President, Helping

  "The stars of Key & Peele talk about staying relevant, and funny, in season 2". Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. October 30, 2012.

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• I really like John McCain. He's an awesome dude and was a lot of fun when he hosted "SNL." I'd love to see a McCain-Giuliani "rage" ticket.

  Tina Fey

  Fun, Tickets, Rage

  The TODAY Interview, www.today.com. April 5, 2007.

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