Saturday Night Live Quotes

“The Runaway Five's obvious influence is The Blues Brothers. During localization, their black and white suits were made more colorful to avoid legal action from Universal Pictures or the film's producers. When I told my wife Aviva about this, she admitted she had never seen The Blues Brothers film. Having grown up on a steady diet of Saturday Night Live-spawned movies, I told her that her innocence here was blasphemous. That night, we marveled together at James Brown's hair.”
― Ken Baumann, EarthBound

“Both scary and down-to-earth, he [John Belushi] once told me, 'I never yell at the staff, only the department heads'.”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

“One of my recurring D-list moments is when people stop me in the airport and tell me they loved me on SNL. I never know if they think I’m Molly Shannon, Cheri Oteri, or Chris Kattan. I just say “Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed me as Mango.”
― Kathy Griffin, Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin

“By the time Daisy Jones & The Six performed “Turn It Off” on Saturday Night Live, they were performing a song almost everyone in the country knew. It was the Record of the Year.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“FRED WOLF: No one goes to Hollywood to meet their future husband or wife, or buy a house and have kids. They all go to Hollywood because they're kind of damaged and there's something they're searching for.”
― James Andrew Miller, Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

“One thing I love about SNL is that we welcome hosts and musical guests from all over the country (and the world) with a wide range of social and political views. People forget that it’s a variety show, and that means a variety of viewpoints, politically and culturally. (And comedically.)”
― Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

“turns out patty’s a party animal, writes another, along with a GIF of Kristen Wiig dressed like a drunk Cinderella on an old episode of Saturday Night Live.”
― Emma Lord, Tweet Cute

“Lorne is truly a paradox. Half parade, half ox.”
― Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

“And then that big Chris laugh. Man, I miss that laugh. That big Chris laugh.”
― Norm Macdonald, Based on a True Story: A Memoir