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" Panned or not, 'Dune' is a real part of science-fiction filmmaking. "
Fred Armisen
Part
Filmmaking
Real
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" 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. "
Fred Armisen
Environment
Value
You
" I feel like Miami is way, way too hot. "
Fred Armisen
I Feel Like
Hot
Feel
" There's almost no such thing as a hipster. "
Fred Armisen
Almost
Thing
" That's one of the great things about Los Angeles, that people just play music, and it's all very welcoming and welcomed. "
Fred Armisen
Music
Play
People
" 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
Me
" I learned at 'SNL' that it's a bummer to bum people out. "
Fred Armisen
Out
People
Bum
" I spent most of my 20s playing music. I was in a band, and we worked really hard and did not get very far. "
Fred Armisen
Music
Playing
Most
" For me, I would get so frustrated because I would see these other bands just whip by us. "
Fred Armisen
Just
See
Because
" I get very, very little sleep. "
Fred Armisen
Sleep
Little
Get
" Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage. "
Fred Armisen
Comedy
Drummer
Feel
" I like that 'Broad City' exists, and I love being around at the same time as 'Key & Peele.' I love those guys - I just, I love their faces. "
Fred Armisen
Time
City
Key
" 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. "
Fred Armisen
Work
Better
Doing
" Something about Portland just really resonated with me. "
Fred Armisen
Me
Something
Really
" 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. "
Fred Armisen
Bear
Lips
Out
" 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. "
Fred Armisen
Think
Long
Nice
" When you're being mean to someone, you can feel the audience just get cold. "
Fred Armisen
Feel
Mean
Audience
" You should approach everything in life like, 'What is this?' "
Fred Armisen
Approach
Everything
Life
" My favorite album is 'Ram' by Paul and Linda McCartney. "
Fred Armisen
Album
Favorite
Linda
" 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. "
Fred Armisen
Life
Good
You
" My problem is with intimacy. That's where I have my biggest problems. "
Fred Armisen
Problem
Problems
Where
" 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. "
Fred Armisen
Think
Done
Great
" At 'SNL' there's framed pictures of all the cast members, and it starts with Dan Aykroyd. It's linear. It just keeps going through all these people, and then you're at the end of it. "
Fred Armisen
End
You
Pictures
" Every day, I wanna work on being a better person, not just to others but to myself. "
Fred Armisen
Better
Better Person
Day
" I started comedy in, like, 1998. "
Fred Armisen
Comedy
Like
Started
" 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. "
Fred Armisen
New York
Parents
Father
" Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent. "
Fred Armisen
Dead
Opening
People
" I'll just say that there are times when TV shows, like 'The Honeymooners' or 'I Love Lucy' or something, where they're totally in their stride, and this thing happens, where you can tell they got everything they wanted. And it starts to look a little relaxed. No criticism to the shows whatsoever; these people are geniuses. "
Fred Armisen
Look
Love
People
" I can only parody stuff I love. "
Fred Armisen
Parody
Stuff
Only
" I have the capability to have a close relationship with someone. "
Fred Armisen
Relationship
Close
Someone
" I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything. "
Fred Armisen
Always
Will
Matter