189 Quotes by Fred Armisen

Every music journalist I’ve ever met has been stunningly beautiful.

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.

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.

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

I came away from ‘Saturday Night Live’ feeling very well represented. I felt, and I still feel like, they let me do so much stuff that I wanted to do. Stuff that I almost didn’t even know what it was.

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.

I enjoy getting to work on ‘Saturday Night Live’, where I get to do people like David Paterson. And then, its like a different muscle to do someone like a bicycle guy on’ Portlandia’.

I’m so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That’s something that makes me smile.

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.