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

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

" Sometimes 'Portlandia' can be pretty traditional. But the stuff I've always loved on 'SNL' has always been the weirdest stuff I've done. The stuff that went on at 10 to 1 in the morning. "

" I really loved touring with my band, but it felt like we would spend a lot of time playing in empty rooms - empty clubs. We had some good successes, but it's so physically hard to load up a van and drive all day. "

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" I think I was a terrible husband, I think I'm a terrible boyfriend. "

" 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'. "

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" 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. "

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" The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead. "

" 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. "

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" The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark. Like, will this work? "

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" I don't know anything about the wine world at all. "

" 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. "

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

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" You should approach everything in life like, 'What is this?' "

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" I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person. "