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Fred Armisen Biography

Fereydun Robert "Fred" Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He is best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002 until 2013, Armisen has portrayed characters in comedy films, including EuroTrip, Anchorman, and Cop Out. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, Armisen is the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia. Armisen founded ThunderAnt.com, a website that features the comedy sketches created with Brownstein, and is the bandleader for the Late Night with Seth Meyers house band, The 8G Band.

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Some rules are good. For example, off the top of my head, let's say a stand-up comedian or a talk show host wearing a nice suit - as a ponderer, I grew up like, "Why don't they just go up there in their army jacket? They're fine!" Then little by little, you think, "You know, it's kind of nice to look nice, like you made the effort. " Then you're back at rule one; that was the original rule.

Army, Good, Jacket, Nice, Rules, Thinking

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

Cities, Glad, People, Personality, Smile

I love 'Saturday Night Live,' and I really feel like people who have left before me have always stayed with the show. They never really quite left, which is nice. Everyone kind of stays close.

Nice, Night, People, Left, Live

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?'

Actually, Fast, House, Two, Year, Years

I'm a fan of Talking Heads going way back.

Back, Fans, Heads, Talking, Way

People are always nice, so I can't complain. My name used to be SNL! More and more, people call me by my name.

Call, Complain, Names, Nice, People, Used

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

Forward, Jobs, Products, Real, Star, Stars

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.

Feelings, Night, Represented, Saturday, Stuff

I loved our music discussion. I live for discussions like that. It's my favorite thing because it means that people care about music, and actually have an opinion. I feel like it's dying. Everyone is just really like, they take a step back, but to actually have conviction about what's good and bad: love it.

Bad, Dying, Love, Mean, Music, People

Rules are really weird things, aren't they? I feel like the more I do something, the more I see through rules. I see the reason to ignore it, but at the same time, "That's why they made that rule!"

Ignore, Really Weird, Reason, Rule, Rules, Same

Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.

Graduation, Inspirational, People, Possible, Tell

Sometimes I think I'm a really interesting guy.

Guy, Interesting, Think, Thinking

When I first started going to Portland, people told me about Stumptown. They were like 'Oh, it's the best coffee,'and I thought, 'How good could it really be?' I'm like, 'Sure, great, uh. . . I'd love to see it. ' But then when I went, it truly, I am not kidding, is the best coffee I have ever had.

Coffee, Oregon, People, Told

Just a lot of those bands [like The Blue Jean Committee] started off in blues, and then they all transformed into other kinds.

Band, Bands, Blue, Jean, Kind, Transformed

I thrive most when I have to juggle things.

Juggle, Things, Thrive

Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.

Beautiful, Journalist, Mets, Music, Stunningly

I don't know any artists or painters, like, "Oh that painting group. " I want to write down this idea of a group of artists who treat it like a band. Like, "Who made the painting?" "All four of us did. "

Artist, Down, Group, Idea, Painting, Writing

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

Including, Night, Saturday, Sketches, Tend, Thinking

I wish I was one of those people who could write script after script and pages and pages. I can only aspire to do that.

Aspire, People, Script, Wish, Writing

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

Art, Collecting, Enjoy, Paint, Painting

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