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" 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. "

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" The Long Island experience is so strange. You're a satellite around the city, so the presence of the city is always looming. "

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Island

City

Experience

" 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. "

" People on the street comment on how handsome I am. You know, people stop and say how angular my face is. "

" Wayne Coyne has put out Flaming Lips records in gummy bear skulls and all these different kinds of packaging that's really, really inventive. And that's what you should always do. "

" I was impersonating people way, way, way early, as far back as I can remember. And I would do people on my street for my parents, I remember. And in school, I did the same thing with all the teachers. It was just like, I mean, it was something I loved to do. I don't think there was a time when I wasn't doing it. I was always doing it. "

" Every day, I wanna work on being a better person, not just to others but to myself. "

" I'm obsessed with my 20s. I buy things that I wanted in my 20s. It's weird; it's a weird thing that I didn't grow out of. "

" My favorite song is 'Cybele's Reverie' by Stereolab. "

" 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. "

" That's one of the great things about Los Angeles, that people just play music, and it's all very welcoming and welcomed. "

" My problem is with intimacy. That's where I have my biggest problems. "

" I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little bit like me. "

" I really like watching TV at home. "

Fred Armisen

Watching Tv

Home

" I can't be bothered with narrative. It takes too long for me to try to think of it. "

Fred Armisen

Narrative

Think

" Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent. "

" 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. "

" Something about Portland just really resonated with me. "

Fred Armisen

Something

Really

" I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches. "

" You have to understand how lucky I feel. I was on 'Saturday. Night. Live.' I played with the Clash! On what planet would I look at anything in my life in any less-than-stellar way? "

" Surround yourself with people you like and respect; surround yourself with people you just want to be around and keep making things. "

" I have a problem with sweets. I have an inability to eat a just little bit. It's almost like I can't even enjoy chocolate anymore - I have to stuff it into my brain, cram it into my ears. "

" I'm drawn to punk. I'm drawn to samba a bit. I don't think there's a type of music I'm not drawn to. Lykke Li I really like. Holy Sons I still can't get enough of. "

Fred Armisen

Punk

Still

" I don't think I've ever hosted anything in my life. "

" Sometimes in Portland I'm like, 'Who is funding this city?' It's doing great - there's all these new shops; there's a synthesizer store. Where is this coming from? "

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Great

Sometimes

" Questlove redefined what a band can be, and Paul Shaffer and Max Weinberg really put their own spin on it. I bow down to these people. All of them. "

" 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'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 you're in a band, you spend most of your time in a van. Like, there were four of us, we toured all the time, and you're stuck looking at three other people for a month straight. And all of those times, we all just liked making fun of people, doing impressions of people, coming up with songs. "

" I wanted so badly to be in a famous band, and it was not happening. I played drums with different bands and with the Blue Man Group in Chicago, but I definitely felt like, 'Wow, I did not picture my life being like this.' "

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