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

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" My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese. 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. "

" I am opposed to vacations and leisure. I try to make every day a work day. Even if there's nothing on my schedule, I will try do at least one task that is work-related. "

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

" I really like watching TV at home. "

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

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

" As a kid, 'The Monkees' was such a cool show. I had such a thrill saying, 'OMG, I was in a sketch with one of the Monkees.' "

" 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. "

" One person who was interesting was Jello Biafra, who was - of all things - very professional! "

" I feel like Miami is way, way too hot. "

" I learned at 'SNL' that it's a bummer to bum people out. "

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

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

" I actually, legitimately feel that I'm not busy enough. I want to be so busy that it's overwhelming. "

" I would really like to do a movie. Schedule-wise I don't know when exactly, but I think it would be great to do a Portlandia movie. Some of my favorite television shows have done it and they've been great. Like Monty Python. I think it would be great. "

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

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

" Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage. "

" I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories. "

" There are people who are genetically made to start record labels, and I'm not one of those people. People just have it in their blood and are good at it. Corey Rusk from Touch and Go and Ian MacKaye. These are people who have made their own labels. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I will admit that I purposely stress myself out. But I think I like stressing myself out. There's a glamour to, like, 'I've got to get to the airport!' I just like the caricature. "

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

Surround Yourself

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

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

" Talking Heads were a big influence on my comedy. For David Byrne, every album had to be different. With 'Portlandia,' every season has to be different. You gotta reinvent the look, all of it. "