189 Quotes by Fred Armisen

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.

Chalkboards being used inside the restaurant seem to be a good sign that the proprietors are proud of their food, and that’s kind of nice, actually – it’s a nice personal touch.

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.

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.

Sometimes I think I’m a really interesting guy.

Fereydun, that's my dad's name. My grandmother, my dad's mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman. It wasn't his child, but he was still very supportive and said, 'Hey, this is a great name,' and so it stuck. So that's what she named him.

I spent most of my 20s playing music. I was in a band, and we worked really hard and did not get very far.

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.

I was really close to being this guy who used to be in this band who is still playing and trying to get some recordings together, but I got really lucky.