“There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday night for 7 or 8 years. Sean and I started taking lessons with them and they gave us a great foundation in bluegrass instrumentation. They were the lens through which I saw music for a very long time.” YearsLongNightParentSawsBrotherLessonsBandLong TimeFoundationMy BrotherEtcSaturdayLensesGigsSaturday NightSeanSan DiegoBluegrassInstrumentation Author:Sara Watkins
“It's a real democratic time for comedy, and I think my special is a sign for that. You don't have to just be a classic stand-up to get a special, or you don't just have to be on Saturday Night Live to do characters and sketch on TV. The web has allowed me to show that there are different ways to make people laugh, and the special is a combination of those things.” PeopleThinkingWayDifferentRealCharacterShowsNightLaughingComedySpecialTvsDemocraticCombinationDifferent WaysClassicSaturdayMaking People LaughSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Nick Kroll
“I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch 'Saturday Night Live.'” KnowsSaidRememberNightWatchesWeekTvsMomTreatsMy MomSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Rashida Jones
“I would say what makes me vulnerable is when I allow my mind to spiral. You know? When I start not being in the present moment and I start skipping ahead and picturing my daughter driving on the freeway on a late saturday night.” KnowsMindMomentsNightLateDaughterDrivingVulnerablePresent MomentMy DaughterSaturdaySaturday NightSpiralsFreewaysDriving On Author:Lauren Bowles
“I actually love 'Saturday Night Live,' like a sports fan watches their favorite team to see how they're doing. I know the players and the writers, I've known several people on that show for a number of years.” PeopleKnowsYearsShowsNightSportsNumbersKnownWatchesPlayerTeamFansSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveSports Fan Author:Mike Birbiglia
“In 1977, hip-hop literally wasn't outside the boroughs. But I was profoundly aware of the city through films like Saturday Night Fever, The French Connection, and Network. I had a friend who visited New York, and I asked him what it was like. He said, "Oh, it's great. Just wear a coat and don't look anyone in the eye."” LooksSaidEyeFilmNightCitiesNew YorkConnectionsHip HopHipsHopsCoatsSaturdayFeverSaturday NightSaturday Night Fever Author:Baz Luhrmann
“I did everything when I started. In Miami I did news, I did weather, I did sports, I did disk-jockeying. And I did a sports talk show every week - every Saturday night.” ShowsNightSportsWeekNewsWeatherSaturdayMiamiSaturday NightTalk ShowsDisk Author:Larry King
“I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids in the Hall,' and things like that. Very early on, my parents realized that I was not going to be an engineer or a doctor. I just don't have those inclinations, at all.” KidsNightParentWatchesComedyLateDoctorsSilentHallsEngineersSaturdayNerdInclinationSaturday NightSneakSaturday Night Live Author:Mindy Kaling
“The only two TV shows I saw do that, where they don't warm them up and you can really bomb, was Saturday Night Live - and that's why it gets a lot of heat, too. Obviously it gets criticism fairly, too. But a lot of it is because Lorne [Michaels] lets the audience decide and doesn't force them to laugh.” TwoShowsNightForceAudienceLaughingSawsTvsCriticismWarmHeatBombsTv ShowsSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Norm MacDonald
“I completely understand why a businessman would fire me from 'Saturday Night Live'. Because he was seeing Jay Leno kill 10 minutes a night, doing his monologue with wall-to-wall laughs and applause, then I do 10 minutes a week to, sometimes, breathtaking silence. He's just listening for the laughs.” SometimesNightSilenceLaughingFireSeeingWeekMinutesWallListeningBusinessmanSaturdayApplauseJust ListenSaturday NightMonologuesBreathtakingSaturday Night Live Author:Norm MacDonald
“We worked six days a week [on the The Breakfast Club], so you have one day off. So on that Saturday night, it's not like we could all go out and have a drink because Molly [Ringwald ] and Michael [Hall] weren't old enough. And Ally [Sheedy] pretty much kept to herself. So Emilio and I, every Saturday night, would go into Chicago because we were shooting outside of Chicago in Des Plaines. It's so funny, because even though we might be adversaries in the film, we certainly weren't off-camera. He's a very funny guy.” EnoughMightFilmNightGuyWeekDrinkOne DaySixCamerasClubsShootingHallsBreakfastChicagoAlliesSaturdayAdversariesSaturday NightDays OffFunny Guy Author:Judd Nelson
“From National Lampoon, you go directly to Saturday Night Live, because it's a lot of the same people.” PeopleNightSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveNational Lampoon Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Then Saturday Night Live spawns... well, everything right down to American Pie 9, where all humor has to be irrelevant, which can get a little tiring.” WellsLittlesNightPieSaturdayIrrelevantTireSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveSpawnAmerican Pie Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I was just trying to blend the standup that I do almost with like the visual sketch stuff that I did on "Saturday Night Live." And so in terms of how elastic in the world is, we'll see what we can get away with [in John Mulaney show].” WorldTryingShowsNightStuffTermVisualsGet AwaySaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:John Mulaney
“I wanted to come to Chicago. I also wanted to do "Saturday Night Live." And then I got to a place where I didn't want to do those things anymore.For the sketch comedy thing, I got cast on "MADtv," and that will kill any man's desire to do comedy.” MenWantWantedDesireNightComedyCastsChicagoSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveSketch Comedy Author:Simon Helberg
“[Wayne's World and Tommy Boy] was all from hosting Saturday Night Live the first time [in 1990]. I just had such a great time, and I had such a simpatico relationship with Mike Myers. And Lorne [Michaels]. I'll always be grateful for Lorne, who saw me as funny.” WorldFirstsNightBoysSawsFirst TimeGratefulBe GratefulSaturdayMikeGreat TimesWayneSaturday NightMy BoysSaturday Night LiveSimpatico Author:Rob Lowe
“[ Hosting Saturday Night Live ] paved the way for Parks And Rec and The Grinder, the Comedy Central Roast, and that whole side of my career.” WayWholeNightSidesCareersComedyParksSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveGrinderParks And Rec Author:Rob Lowe
“We know that the president [Donald Trump] watches "Saturday Night Live" because he tweets about it. He doesn't like it, but he keeps watching it.” KnowsNightPresidentWatchesTrumpSaturdayTweetSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Peter Sagal
“There was this judgmental sense of what was good and what was bad in my father's words. You couldn't necessarily shut the people out who were not considered good. But on the other hand, as children we were told, you don't do those things, which means that you don't really mix with that crowd as much. You don't go to town on Saturday night and hang out and go to the beer parlors. Even though it was a dry county, there was plenty of moonshine and beer and liquor being brought in from other counties.” PeopleMeanChildrenHandsNightFatherTownsCrowdsPlentyBeerDryHanging OutSaturdayCountyLiquorJudgmentalSaturday NightParlorMoonshine Author:David C. Driskell
“My brother, who's a few years older then me, went to college in New York. He said all of these people from Saturday Night Live do improv together in Upright Citizens Brigade, and I thought, "Oh, that sounds really cool." So when I got braces and couldn't play music anymore, I said to my parents that I wanted to go to New York and take a class at that place. They were remarkably on board with it. I got on the train, went up, took a class and I loved it.” PeopleTogetherNightParentCollegeBrotherTrainMy BrotherSaturdayReally CoolSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveBraces Author:Zach Woods
“I 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.” TryingTogetherNightGuyLuckySaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Fred Armisen
“Once you're finally in a place at Saturday Night Live that you're really comfortable, that's when you should probably be leaving, unfortunately. I think most people stay two or three years longer than they should, because it's very simple, the vacations are great, and you get good at what you do. It's like any job, you're like, "Oh, I know how to do this." You know it's a temporary thing, but it's easy not to walk away from. You find yourself going, "I'll leave next year, or I'll leave the year after." But it's a job you probably shouldn't be at for longer than five years, to be honest.” PeopleThinkingNightEasySimpleHonestLeavingBeing HonestFinding YourselfTemporaryVacationSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Horatio Sanz
“When I was on Saturday Night Live, I was furious at some of the choices that were being made. None of us are all happy about every choice that's being made, but that's another part about being there for a while. You start seeing why they do it, and you've just got to try to get your punches in while you can.” TryingNightChoicesSaturdayBeing ThereFuriousSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Horatio Sanz
“I didn't respond to the kind of sarcastic tone. It felt like some of the Sarah Palin speech was written as though it were a Saturday Night Live newscast. Maybe that's because she looks very similar . . . She's got her Tina Fey thing going.” KindNightSarcasticSaturdaySaturday NightPalinSaturday Night Live Author:Eddie Vedder
“If I have a rare Saturday night when I can go out to see a movie, I look at the paper and I go, 'Hmm, what's the best medicine for my mind?' I'm going, 'What's the most escapist, fun entertainment I can go to?' So I think that's number one, first and foremost, because that's why I think people go to movies. It's a bonus that there's something real.” PeopleThinkingMindRealNightFunSaturdaySaturday Night Author:Jonathan Mostow
“I went to see Chris Rock on Saturday night here in Atlanta, and he made a statement in his comedy. He said, look, when you're the big person, when you're the rich person, poor people can say stuff about you, but it's downright wrong and brutal for rich people to beat up on poor people. He said people who are larger can lampoon people who are skinnier, but not the opposite.” PeopleNightPoorRichComedyBrutalSaturdayPoor PeopleRich PeopleSaturday Night Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“10 years ago, I would've host Saturday Night Live. But to me, the show has declined. For some reason, humor isn't what it was. It just, to me, it's not as funny as it was, not as sharply satirical.” ReasonNightHostSaturdaySaturday NightSatiricalSaturday Night Live Author:Dick Van Dyke
“I think both of those: the subject matter, pop culture... the talent, I don't think... there's no Jim Belushi in Saturday Night Live, for me. And probably, you know, possibly the material. They've done everything over the years.” ThinkingDoneNightCultureTalentSaturdayPop CultureSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Dick Van Dyke
“When you build characters from the outside in, they become, oftentimes they become like 'Saturday Night Live' characters or they become like caricatures of the character.” CharacterNightSaturdaySaturday NightCaricaturesSaturday Night Live Author:Ashton Kutcher
“Bollywood stars are versatile; they not only act, but each one has the dance skills of John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever.'” NightStarsSkillsSaturdayFeverSaturday NightVersatileBollywoodSaturday Night Fever Author:Christian Louboutin
“Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.” PeopleNightGamesFootballTvsTheaterSaturdayStadiumsSaturday NightFootball GameMovie LoveMovie TheaterAttendance Author:George Lucas
“I started on 'Saturday Night Live' the same time Conan started on 'Late Night.' We just had a relationship because I would be upstairs in the studio and whenever he couldn't get a guest - which was often back then since he was just starting out - he would just call me down to be a guest.” Would BeNightLateStartingStudiosCall MeGuestsSaturdaySaturday NightUpstairsStarting OutLate NightSaturday Night LiveConan Author:Norm MacDonald
“I do miss Saturday Night Live, that's for sure. There's nothing like it. I just hosted, and I felt I'd only been away for a week.” NightFeltWeekMissingSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Mike Myers
“When a show has been on for so long, you lose fans, you gain fans. I remember this from 'Saturday Night Live.'” LongHas BeensShowsRememberNightLosesFansGainsSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Kevin Nealon
“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.” LifeWholeWeekSundayWeekendSaturdayFridaySaturday NightRustGood ChristianSunday MorningSaturday And Sunday Book:The spectator Source: The spectator
“Saturday night at my house, I often trot out classic movies and force the urchins to watch them. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, but I think it's important to teach kids about American culture, and films are certainly a big part of it.” ThinkingImportantBigsKidsFilmNightCultureHouseForceWatchesTeachTeethClassicSaturdayAmerican CultureSaturday NightWailingClassic Movie Author:Bill O'Reilly
“We had to decide: Do we want to do Saturday Night or go to our Senior Prom? We opted for Saturday Night Live.” WantNightSeniorSaturdaySaturday NightPromSaturday Night LiveProm NightSenior Prom Author:Mary-Kate Olsen
“I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place.” PeopleWayBelieveWholeKidsFilmNightCultureSpecialSaturdayFeverSaturday NightSpecial PlacesNew CulturesSaturday Night Fever Author:Brad Pitt
“I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.” KnowsBookBigsNightActorsParentMy OwnWalksDealsChildhoodLibraryMovieSaturdayBig DealSaturday NightWednesdayWednesday Nights Author:Robert Redford
“I was in high school when Will Ferrell was first on 'Saturday Night Live', and I remember thinking, 'Man, that guy is the funniest guy ever.'” ThinkingMenFirstsSchoolFunnyRememberNightGuyHigh SchoolSaturdayThat GuySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveThinking Man Author:Seth Rogen
“Before I had children, I was - everything about my life was devoted to "Saturday Night Live."” ChildrenNightDevotedSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Maya Rudolph
“Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.” ThinkingGivingFeelsWellsShowsNightSpaceAcceptingMy FamilyGive MePressureGirlfriendSaturdayMy GirlfriendSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveMy Space Author:Adam Sandler
“Saturday Night Live is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.” ThinkingDifferentCharacterShowsNightFunSingingJust BeingSaturdayBeing DifferentSaturday NightDifferent CharactersSaturday Night Live Author:Jill Scott
“By the time I would have graduated, at 22, I was a writer and featured performer on Saturday Night Live.” NightComedyPerformersSaturdaySaturday NightNight TimeSaturday Night Live Author:Sarah Silverman
“I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner.” ThinkingFilmNightCareersStartingSaturdayOutletsSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveFey Author:Emma Stone
“I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.” ThinkingKindNightFictionCareersSaturdayFeverPillarsSaturday NightPulpBookendsSaturday Night Fever Author:John Travolta
“I wanted to be on 'Saturday Night Live' since I was ten.” WantedNightTenSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Olivia Wilde
“I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess.” NightAcceptingBoysSacrificeTeamFootballTownsOfferingGoddessCaptainsSaturdayCompetingDestinedCollectingSaturday NightFootball TeamInspirational TeamPromExcursions Author:Elizabeth Wurtzel
“It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting "Saturday Night Live." You either sink or swim.” NightSwimNervesSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LiveSink Or Swim Author:Christina Aguilera
“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every Saturday night and a row of shining yellow pencils always sharpened for writing and a golden-brown bowl with a flower or some leaves or berries always in it and books . . . books . . . books. . . .” WritingBookHomeBigsNightMy OwnWhiteFlowerWallGreenShiningCleanPlantGoldenBrownChairsYellowBowlsDesksSaturdayPencilsCurtainsSaturday NightRubberBerriesLaceParlorWhite Walls Book:A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Source: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn