My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese.
Fred ArmisenChalkboards 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.
Fred ArmisenI tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.
Fred ArmisenIn my opinion, there's this new phenomenon where guys used to talk about cars a lot in the past. But, more and more it's becoming them talking about recording studios.
Fred ArmisenIt's already years ago now, but there's that South Korean music artist Psy, who had that hit song and it was a hit song here. I'm like, "Wait a minute. There's a chance. There's a way we can have language not be such an important part of comedy."
Fred ArmisenI 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.
Fred Armisen