“When you're in a band, you spend most of your time in a van. Like, there were four of us, we toured all the time, and you're stuck looking at three other people for a month straight. And all of those times, we all just liked making fun of people, doing impressions of people, coming up with songs.”

American comedian, actor, musician, and television writer

Fred Armisen is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television writer. He is known for co-creating and starring in the IFC sketch series Portlandia with Carrie Brownstein. He also co-created and starred in Documentary Now!, the IFC mockumentary series, and in the Showtime comedy series Moonbase 8. His work spans sketch comedy, scripted television, and music-related performance.