Jorma Taccone Quotes

#1. I'm a little younger than these guys, but I would say all of us are huge fans of the original 'MacGyver' series, and obviously we found that inspiration for the original pitch for 'MacGruber.'

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#2. Obviously, as the music business has suffered tremendously, with being able to illegally download everything, it's also become amazingly easy to find new bands, because everyone can put their stuff online. Even if you can't find a record label, you can find these awesome bands, all over the world.

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#3. When you first see MacGruber working on the bomb, in the initial opening credits, that bomb was a replica of the 'Die Hard' bomb. The love runs deep for '80s action movies.

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#4. I grew up in Berkeley and my parents were hippies, obviously, since my name's 'Jorma.' I didn't watch much television growing up because they weren't into it at all.

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#5. I was just blown away by everything my dad was doing, every play. It was amazing to be able to go as a young person to the theater and see these visuals and how creative it could be. More than anything it was realizing you could do that as a life path.

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#6. It's still amazing to me to walk down the halls of 'SNL.' You see pictures of the greatest comedians we grew up worshiping, basically. It's crazy to be able to still work there.

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#7. Ladies seem very intrigued by a guy who is ultra confident and acts like he doesn't need you.

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#8. I went to the doctor recently and she actually prescribed that I go out for ten minutes a day, I'm so depleted on vitamin D.

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#9. I'm probably the most excited about 'Turtleneck & Chain.'

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#10. 'MacGruber' came to life mostly because we just liked saying 'MacGyver.' 'MacGyver' this. 'MacGyver' that. It's a great word.

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#11. If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but something more is added to it. Pride is extra. Right effort is to get rid of something extra.

Shunryu Suzuki

#12. I'd love to have three or four kids. But my mom always says: "Speak to me after you have your first".

Ivanka Trump

#13. The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative.

John Linder

#14. We did the 'MacGruber' Super Bowl spot for Pepsi, which generated some outside interest. We have a sketch where a guy blows up after 90 seconds. How are we going to make that into a movie?

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#15. Justin Timberlake puts you to shame, having that much talent.

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#16. It wasn't until I got 'SNL' that my parents told me they were a little bit worried, like that I would have food to eat.

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#17. Something I always admire, especially in female comedians, is that they're willing to make themselves look terrible.

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#18. Difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape. I

John Steinbeck

#19. The drive for perfectionism is a corrosive waste of time, because nothing is ever beyond criticism. No

Elizabeth Gilbert

#20. When we came out with 'Lazy Sunday,' the greatest compliment I heard was that Questlove had it on his iPod.

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#21. Just the fact that that Europe album 'The Final Countdown' came out in 1986 and 'Rad' came out in 1986 ... I'm starting to think that maybe 1986 is my favorite year, of all time!

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#22. My parents never forced things on my brother and me: not our faith, not our sports, not our friends. Yet they taught us about surrounding ourselves with the right people: the kind of people we want to be.

Amanda Borden

#23. Why can't ladies like nice guys?

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#24. Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.

Sam Raimi