I think with Alec Baldwin, I've known Alec Baldwin and worked with Alec Baldwin for so long, that needless to say I trust Alec Baldwin, and the audience connects to Alec Baldwin in that role. Lorne Michaels More Quotes by Lorne Michaels More Quotes From Lorne Michaels Oh, I think he'll be back. I think there is probably no other actor who is looking to take that and follow Alec Baldwin, and I think, for a new cast member to come in and try that would be a really tough thing to do. Lorne Michaels entertainment If a culture doesn't allow you to laugh at the leaders or at things that your eyes and ears tell you are actually happening, that's not good. Lorne Michaels eyesgoodyouculture It's better when they laugh, isn't it? Lorne Michaels laughbetter Yeah, I love Los Angeles. Lorne Michaels i-lovelos-angelesyeahlove Could I get a friggin' Hot Pocket around here? Lorne Michaels aroundheregethot 'Saturday Night Live' has always been, you know, non-partisan - whoever's in power should probably be challenged. Lorne Michaels liveyoupowernight The only show I ever really wanted to do was 'SNL.' It was some sort of merging of my talent and my metabolism. It suited who I am and what I do really well, though whatever I was thinking it was, it kept mutating and growing. At first, I didn't even know that the cast would be the thing everybody talked about. We thought it would be the hosts. Lorne Michaels i-amthoughttalentthinking There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored. Lorne Michaels highcomedyboredpeople When Sinead O'Connor tore up the picture of the Pope, you could hear a pin drop. I didn't know it was coming, obviously, because at dress, she had held up a picture of Balkan orphans, which I thought was really meaningful and what she wanted to do. Lorne Michaels dresspicturethoughtyou I think Samantha Bee is doing a really good show. Lorne Michaels beedoinggoodthink There's nothing that sells stuff like television. Nothing. Lorne Michaels nothinglikestufftelevision I grew up in a time where on things like 'The Red Skeleton Show' or even to a certain extent on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' people wrote in the breakouts or ad-libs. They were scripted to look spontaneous. So I always had a dislike of that kind of thing. Lorne Michaels lookredtimepeople Tearing up a picture of the Pope comes under the heading of a Comedy Killer. It kind of breaks the spirit of the evening. Lorne Michaels pictureeveningcomedyspirit All saints are selfish. Lorne Michaels saintsselfish I was in Los Angeles in 1968, and I was fortunate enough to be a writer on 'Laugh-In' and a couple of other television shows. Lorne Michaels fortunateenoughshowstelevision All babies are ugly unless they're your baby. Lorne Michaels unlessyouruglybaby I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don't laugh. It's involuntary. I'm not saying it can't be scrutinized, it's just that they take the enjoyment out of it. Lorne Michaels laughsayingcomedypeople We make fun of our leaders. Lorne Michaels leadersmakeourfun You can't be perfect for 90 minutes. Lorne Michaels 90-minutesyouminutesperfect I'm incredibly proud of the show 'Portlandia' that I do, but it's designed for an audience that just wants that and loves that. Lorne Michaels showjustaudienceproud
