Quotes from Fred Armisen

I travel a lot. I'll go back and forth, you know, West Coast-East Coast, but it's separated by segments. So it's not a daily thing.

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

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?

My favorite album is 'Ram' by Paul and Linda McCartney.

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.

If something seems like a little venue, don't treat it like that. Do it all. If you're sort of wondering why you're doing something at some location, just do it - any size theater, production, or whatever. It's all helpful.

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

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 was really close to being this guy who used to be in this band who is still playing and trying to get some recordings together, but I got really lucky.

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

Hopefully there will be a day when all comedy is all robots.

I've met Tony Danza. He was really nice. And he looks... I feel like he hasn't aged. He looks exactly the same. He's just Tony Danza. He's exactly the same as he's always been.

I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now.

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!"

When I'm hungry, I need to eat right away.

When I used to see Rick Moranis do something, to me that was immediately funny. Or George Carlin or Martin Lawrence.

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

Bill Hader does a really good impression of me.

Discomfort is the way to go if you want to make something you feel is worthwhile.

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.'

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 love my bandmates, and they're my friends, and even though we had fun and got to tour and I got to play the drums a lot, which I'll always appreciate, we had a really rough time. We toured and tried to get people to come to our shows and put out records, and we really struggled.

I don't think there's an archetype for the Justin Bieber fan. A Bieber fan just looks like an American. You wouldn't even need a costume to try and resemble one.

Since I was, like, an infant... I remember being in love with television. I loved listening to music. I wanted to be on records, and I wanted to be on TV.