Jason Alexander

“Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.”

“I love smart comedy.”

“We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.”

“Many people don't know our famous 'soup kitchen' episode on Seinfeld was inspired by an actual soup restaurant off 8th Avenue in New York.”

“I'm not a director to make an action or horror film. That's not for me.”

“You need to find the size of performance that's appropriate to the material, appropriate to the shot, or appropriate to the scene.”

“I'm still bald, I just wear a toupee.”

“What you find with singers, no matter where they're from, if they have any kind of an accent, the accent tends to disappear when they sing.”

“Acting is not terribly important work, and I have always felt a bit of guilt about pursuing something that is so selfish. I love doing it, but it is never something that feels like it's going to change or save the world.”

“Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.”

“Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.”

“I guess the Reagan era is defined as the 'I want it all for me, and screw everybody else' era.”

“I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.”

“The pilot of 'Seinfeld' was made and dropped. 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to go to series.”

“Directors get to fire on many more cylinders than an actor.”

“Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don't necessarily think they are bad.”

“Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.”

“I find when somebody says to me, 'I'm going to motivate you,' more often than not, they're not going to get me.”

“I'm a singer and performer in a hybrid show that's standup, music and audience participation.”

“I had gone to the doctor. The doctor said, 'You're healthy as a horse. You've got two weight problems - two health problems because of your weight. Please do something.'”