14 Inspiring Quotes By Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen is an eminent American actor, producer, comedian, writer and musician. From 2002 until 2013, he was the cast member on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ He won ‘Peabody Awards’ twice. He also bagged in a ‘Grammy Award’ nomination and an ‘Emmy Award’ nomination. Some of his noteworthy works include ‘Portland,’ ‘Baby Mama,’ ‘Parks and Recreation,’ ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ ‘Easy A,’ ‘Moonbase 8,’ ‘Euro Trip,’ and ‘Anchorman,’ amongst various others. We have rounded some interesting quotes by Fred Armisen on painting, world, country, art, artist, movies, hatred, rivalry, songs, divorce, happiness, beauty, journalism, experience, change, memories and more.
I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.
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.
I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.
I like it when people are driven. I love that in any field of work, in architecture or whatever. Like Lorne Michaels - he pays attention to every detail.
I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time.
I enjoy getting to work on 'Saturday Night Live', where I get to do people like David Paterson. And then, its like a different muscle to do someone like a bicycle guy on' Portlandia'.
I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.
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.
![Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/fred-armisen-143139.jpg)
Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].
Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.
Chalkboards being used inside the restaurant seem to be a good sign that the proprietors are proud of their food, and that's kind of nice, actually - it's a nice personal touch.
Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.
As far as paintings go, I always think about what it's like to move them and hang them up and hope they don't drop. To me, that seems like a big gamble, but that comes from me not being a painter.
I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band. For me, 'SNL' is like... this is gonna sound overly dramatic, but... the way I am, it feels like I'm a soldier, so it was like, 'What do you want me to do? Put me anywhere. Do you want me to do these sketches? Great.'
