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.
Fred ArmisenI tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.
Fred ArmisenI wish I was one of those people who could write script after script and pages and pages. I can only aspire to do that.
Fred ArmisenMy father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese.
Fred ArmisenJust a lot of those bands [like The Blue Jean Committee] started off in blues, and then they all transformed into other kinds.
Fred ArmisenI spent most of my 20s playing music. I was in a band and we worked really hard and did not get very far. 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. That's never lost in me, that I went through Saturday Night Live.
Fred Armisen