Fred Armisen Quotes

'Never Have Your Dog Stuffed' is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

I think the key is that nothing's ever perfect and you've got to be able to go with change. It's a lot easier said then done because I especially like things very structured and I don't like change, but it's part of life; you've got to just deal with it.

Whatever it takes its fine.

Things happen, and you can't make them unhappen. You don't get do-overs, you can't roll back the clock, and the only thing you can change, and the only thing it does any good to worry about, is how you let them affect you.

There are times when I wish I could go back and change the course of my life. Make different choices...But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can only move on. Do you remember that I told you that at Spence?

I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy.

I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.

I was determined to get it right on the pitch. Then, if I had to leave at the end of the season, so be it. I never felt threatened or isolated by the arrangement. We worked together and it worked out.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

You're not going to learn anything if you're not prepared to go flat, so I'm very happy to go flat.

The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket.

I always roll with the way things are, so as soon as one decision happens, you just realign and move on and make another decision.

I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

I'm not the type of person that lives in the past, quite honestly.

I did a seminar once in Pennsylvania when there was big snow, road construction, a big flood and just one person showed up. I said, 'No problem, I'll do it.' If there's one or 100 on the mat, the juice is still there.