“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
“Every Saturday I read sentences in SPIEGEL that lack clarity.” SentencesClaritySaturday Author:Horst Seehofer
“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
“I got into comics about the same time as music. By 12 years old, I had discovered my dad's killer comic book collection filled with Silver Age books from his youth...early Spider-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Detective Comics, Action Comics, you name it. Seeing those old books got me interested in new comics, so my friends and I would hit the local comic shop every Saturday to pick up the cool titles of my generation.” MenYearsBookAgeActionNamesFourSeeingGenerationsYouthDadPicksMy FriendsFilledMy DadLocalsComicFantasticTitlesCollectionsShopsSilverKillersComic BookSaturdaySpidersDetectivesMy GenerationSpider ManOld BooksFantastic Four Author:Alan Robert
“I have more fun now doing a game on a Saturday or Sunday than I've ever had. I love the fact that every year, it's gotten more and more fun.” YearsFactsGamesFunSundaySaturday Author:Joe Buck
“You have to make that stand out from the rest of the three hours. There are times when I'm having fun and being loose, and there are times when I'm ultra serious - calling the Giants/Patriots in the Super Bowl is a lot different than calling the Giants/Cubs game last Saturday. There are different levels of intensity, and I try to respect that when I'm doing it.” TryingDifferentLastsThreeGamesFunHoursLevelsSeriousCallingHaving FunGiantsIntensityBowlsPatriotSaturdayStanding OutSuper BowlDifferent LevelsCubsUltras Author:Joe Buck
“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
“I don't know if one's more typecasting than the other, or what I am more like. But I know that the high school I went to was a private school. It was prep school. It was a boarding school. So we didn't have a shop class. We didn't have Saturday detention. We went to school on Saturday. We did have Sunday study, which you very rarely get, because then you have 13 straight days of school. Who wants that?” IfsKnowsWantSchoolClassStudyHigh SchoolShopsSundaySaturdayPrepsPrivate SchoolDetentionTypecasting 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'm very proud to say I only took one course in economics in college, and it was on Saturday morning - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 o'clock. Now I don't know what your college experience was like, but I'll tell ya, on Saturday morning at 8 o'clock, the last thing I wanted to do was go to economics class.” KnowsWantedLastsCoursesClassMorningCollegeProudEconomicsClockSaturdayTuesdayThursdaySaturday MorningCollege Experience Author:Bernard von NotHaus
“What Malcolm X did not know is that back in 1962, a collaborator of Alex Haley, fellow named - a journalist named Alfred Balk had approached the F.B.I. regarding an article that he and Haley were writing together for The Saturday Evening Post, and the F.B.I. had an interest in castigating the Nation of Islam, and isolating it from the mainstream of Negro civil rights activity.” KnowsWritingTogetherNationsInterestRightsActivityFellowsIslamCivil RightsEveningPostsJournalistArticlesMainstreamSaturdayAlexCollaboratorsHaleyNation Of IslamSaturday Evening Author:Manning Marable
“[Trey Parker and Matt Stone]called me one Saturday morning and said, "Can you do an impression of Conan O'Brien?" And I said, "I don't know." Because that was really... He hadn't been on the air that long, and to be honest, I hadn't watched much of him at that point. So I went to Santa Monica to their studio and said, "Well, what does he sound like?" They said, "Well, just try it one time. Read the copy." And I read the copy one time, and they went, "Okay, that's fine. Thanks a lot, that'll do. That's perfect."” KnowsTryingWellsLongDoeSaidSoundPerfectMorningAirHonestFineStonesOkayStudiosImpressionThanksBeing HonestCopiesOne TimeThey SaidSaturdaySantaMonicaConanSaturday MorningSanta MonicaConan O Brien Author:Brent Spiner
“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
“As a freshman at Miami I started of as a reliever for the first few games and quickly moved into the rotation as the Saturday started for conference play. That year was very successful, I was name a Freshman All-American as well as 2nd Team All-MAC.” YearsFirstsWellsPlayGamesNamesSuccessfulTeamMovedSaturdayConferencesMacsMiamiFreshmanRotation Author:Graham Taylor
“On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The icy rain did not deter us as we reminded Donald Trump and other leaders that we will not be silenced.” PeopleDreamNationsLeaderTrumpKingsProtectRainWeekendDrsSaturdayLutherIcyInaugurationDr Martin Luther King Author:Al Sharpton
“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
“I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday and pretend to have some sanity.” WritingTryingBookWrittenSanitySaturdayMondayFridayWriting A Book Author:Maya Angelou
“Kids want to be professional footballers and I think they need to know what it takes to get there - you know, the dedication. People see footballers playing on a Saturday afternoon in front of the TV cameras, but from a Monday to Friday people don't really see what goes on.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsKidsFrontsTvsGoes OnCamerasAfternoonDedicationSaturdayMondayFridayFootballerSaturday Afternoon Author:John Terry
“I remember being in West Ham's youth team and seeing Jody Morris play for Chelsea at 17 and you scoring for Liverpool on your debut when you were 18. I was watching it on Soccer Saturday and I was like, "I can't believe he's scored!" It's professional jealousy. It's best to be honest about it. It gave me real desire. I was thinking "God I want that to be me".” ThinkingWantBelieveI CanRealPlayRememberDesireSeeingTeamHonestYouthWestBeing HonestSoccerSaturdayLiverpoolHamChelseaDebutMorrisThinking GodWest Ham Author:Frank Lampard
“[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
“My parents used to park us kids at the public library in downtown Honolulu every Saturday. They'd leave us there at 8 A.M. and pick us up at 4 P.M. - so between those hours, you'd better find something to do! I sat upstairs in the picture room and went through opera, ballet, and theater books. I loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes - they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn't have much of a social life.” PeopleYearsBookKidsUsedSocialParentHoursRoomsRichWeekPicksTheaterLibraryPhotographSatParksMakeupBalletOperaSaturdayInteriorsCostumesSocial LifeDowntownUpstairsPublic LibraryHonolulu Author:Bette Midler
“Salinger is such a terrific writer; he did so many great things. He is one of those writers that I still reread, simply because he makes me see the possibilities and makes me feel like writing. There are certain writers who put you in the mood to write. In the way a whiff of a cigar will bring back memories of a ballgame on a Saturday afternoon, reading Salinger makes me want to get to the typewriter.” WayWantFeelsWritingStillsCertainReadingMemoriesPossibilityMoodGreat ThingsAfternoonSaturdayTerrificCigarTypewritersBallgameSalingerSaturday Afternoon Author:Robert Cormier
“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
“I met with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in February. So he'd been in office about a month. It was for an hour. Went over there on a Saturday. They invite... Reince Priebus called and said, "The president wants to see you." He never once asked me what I thought. He never asked me once what he thought I ought to do. He never asked me what I think of this or that. My impression is this man is more self-informed and decisive.” ThinkingMenPresidentHoursOfficeImpressionSaturdayFebruary Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It's weird doing a show on a Saturday, because we get the news after everybody had their way with it. We still have to find a way to get something fresh out of the story, but also keep the integrity of it. A lot of times the obvious take is so obvious it's already been on Twitter, so we gotta find a new thing.” IntegrityObviousSaturday Author:Michael Che
“We've got wars. Imagine having more money, you could buy more beer. Have you been to Dublin in its heyday like in the boom heyday at like 4:00 in the morning on a Sunday or Saturday? It's like beyond New Orleans. It's like St. Patrick's Day every day. It's not good. I don't even like pubs anymore. I like going for a meal and having a bottle of wine. Be more gentle.” WarMorningImagineWineBeerGentleSundaySaturday Author:Gavin Friday
“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
“I never abandoned Yves Saint Laurent. I used to have lunch with him twice a week. I also saw him every Saturday. My presence beside him was even more important in his bad times. But that didn't leave me a great deal of room in which to maneuver. Freedom is an intellectual space. But I don't use it.” ImportantWeekIntellectualSaintAbandonedSaturdayLeaving MeBad Times Author:Pierre Berge
“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 find it very difficult to talk about unwritten works. It's never useful to start putting words casually around the flimsiest of notions. I finished Saturday only in late November and I'm now in the rather pleasant stage of traveling, reading and waiting.” ReadingWaitingDifficultSaturdayNovember Author:Ian Mcewan
“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
“Saturday The 14th movie is a cult classic. And you know another one like that that I did, is Three O'Clock High. People come up to me about those two all the time. Film schools even study Three O'Clock High. Shot for shot, it's a textbook.” PeopleSchoolFilmStudyClassicSaturdayCult Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“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
“I'm pretty faithful to one fragrance, but I go through phases. It's more about times and moods than moments in the week. In my life, I don't really have a Saturday and Sunday - you might get days off in the middle of the week and work on the weekend. I wear Roberto Cavalli all the time now. Fragrance is an extension of yourself, you need to feel like it's part of you and you can wear it in any situation and it just represents you, any time of the day, any time of the week, any time of the month.” MomentsSituationWeekMoodFaithfulSundayWeekendSaturdayFragrance Author:Elisa Sednaoui
“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