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" I like to think Portland and L.A. are not rivals; they're cousins. As cities on the West Coast, they're distinct in their own way but still culturally similar. "

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" I want it all... fast. I want to be married, I want to live together... and then somewhere around a year or two years, I get freaked out. I freak out emotionally and then I actually feel like 'Oh my God, who's this stranger in my house?' "

Fred Armisen

Live

Fast

House

" 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. "

Fred Armisen

Saturday

Night

" James Franco has turned his life into a real art project. In my opinion, that's the way to live. "

" There are bands that I am friends with, who will invite me up on stage. Like Les Savy Fav, who have had me on stage, and I have played on their record. There are a couple of bands like that. Yo La Tengo has invited me to play with them. "

Fred Armisen

Stage

Play

" I work better when I'm juggling projects. Nothing worse than watching someone really embrace what they're doing if they love it too much. "

" I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background music or doing a soundtrack or wanting to be in a band or writing the song, or writing your own songs. And then comedy is a very black and white thing. You want to make people happy. "

" The worst art is when it's really convenient and comfy. "

" The bands that were big in '77, like the Clash and the Sex Pistols and Talking Heads, I got into them in the early '80s. And it changed my life. It got into my DNA. "

" Bill Hader does a really good impression of me. "

Fred Armisen

Bill

Impression

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

Fred Armisen

Smile

Personalities

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

" 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 believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is where the artist had complete freedom. "

" I started comedy in, like, 1998. "

Fred Armisen

Comedy

Started

" I'd want to direct a video for Yoko Ono. As long as I got to work with Yoko Ono someday, I'd be really happy. I just think she's such a great artist - it would just be so nice. "

" When I used to see Rick Moranis do something, to me that was immediately funny. Or George Carlin or Martin Lawrence. "

" I take any project on a month or two at a time. Meaning, I don't think too far ahead. "

" For some reason, juggling things makes everything work better. That's just how we operate. It just makes the other project more of something to look forward to. I think the more you keep things going, the more it helps the other project. "

" As far as value goes, obviously it's nicer to be in an environment where you feel comfortable. But it's also clear that it's probably not the most realistic thing. "

" Steve Jobs was a real rock star to me. I looked forward to his products like people look forward to albums. "

Fred Armisen

People

Look

" I'm glad I get to do characters. It's just like a Polaroid shot of whoever the person is, and to me, anyway, that's kind of what life is like. You get a general sense of somebody, and then we're all good, we get it. We understand each other. "

" My showbiz career started with 'SNL,' and to write an 'SNL' book... well, there are already enough of those. "

" I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings. "

" I was actually late to the punk movement because I was too young. "

" Music documentaries are tricky because of 'Spinal Tap.' That movie has stood the test of time. "

" There's no judgment on bands that continue on who aren't popular; some people get enjoyment out of it. I'm just not one of those people. "

" I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything. "

" Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as its drummer. So I'm all for drum solos. I'm all for drummers hamming it up. I'm all for drummers standing up and kicking over the kit. "

" I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time. "

" I have the capability to have a close relationship with someone. "

Fred Armisen

Relationship

Someone