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Quotes About Television

'SNL' is our main priority because that was our first big break.
~ Akiva Schaffer
My showbiz career started with 'SNL,' and to write an 'SNL' book... well, there are already enough of those.
~ Fred Armisen
When I was hired to 'SNL,' I was 25 years old.
~ Aidy Bryant
I plan to join the 'SNL' band as a maraca player and stand behind saxophonist Lenny Pickett. That way they will at least cut to me before commercial breaks. I'll be sure to look right into camera.
~ John Mulaney
Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about.
~ Amy Poehler
My parents introduced me to 'SNL,' Monty Python, and Richard Pryor probably way earlier than they had any right to.
~ Seth Meyers
I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.
~ Julian Casablancas
'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.
~ Miguel
I used to stay up at night and sneak into the TV room, past my parents, who were asleep, to watch Saturday Night's 'Main Event.' That's how I started watching SNL. On accident.
~ Andy Samberg
'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.
~ Hannibal Buress
If I watch an episode of SNL, and there's one thing that I liked, then that's a good episode.
~ Andy Samberg
I am always so happy to be at 'SNL.' I still feel like a kid when I'm there, like I can't believe I'm watching them make the show.
~ Nick Offerman
'SNL' was a dream come true for me. It was a fantastic year. I don't have any regrets.
~ Michaela Watkins
The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
~ Kate McKinnon
'SNL' is part of my history. I got on the show as a kid. That's the show I got known from.
~ Eddie Murphy
I hope to be on 'SNL' as long as they'll let me.
~ Kate McKinnon
I really just love dumb humor. I watch a lot of SNL.
~ Taylor Louderman
I think, my first season on 'SNL,' I watched every single episode of 'Step by Step,' and a few years prior to that, I watched every single episode of 'Family Matters.'
~ Kyle Mooney
I was hired as an assistant at 'SNL' in 2002.
~ Lindsay Shookus
I was 8, and I was probably too young for it, but that's when I started to watch SNL.' That's when I got a sense of what American humor was.
~ Bowen Yang
I always, always meant to be on stage. I only ended up even auditioning for television and movies because I was understudying a Turgenev play on Broadway and was so broke that, when I got a mini-series, I had to take it and was so ashamed because I was such a snob.
~ Jennifer Garner
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
~ Sally Field
I can't stand folk who are all snobby about reality TV.
~ Jenny Eclair
I love Jon Snow's character.
~ Richard Madden