Quotes from Jason Alexander

I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

The world of the stage and the performance on the stage usually does not tend to translate very well - it doesn't tend to hold very well - once cameras are on it; it's not like it's terrible or embarrassing or bad anything, but, I, as an actor, would perform a role differently for an audience than I would for just cameras.

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

But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker.

If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.

I met the real George Steinbrenner on only one occasion when he actually came and played himself on an episode of 'Seinfeld.' He seemed to really enjoy himself. I did not get to know him, but the fact that he allowed himself and his beloved team to be satirized on our show is an indication to me of his true character.

Actors go, 'I just want to act.' And I say to them, 'You know, stop for a second and think about what charges you up the most. Do you want to be on the stage, do you want to be in film, do you want to be a comic actor? Do you just want to make it for the money and capitalize on your look and do commercials and soaps?'

Most stand-up comics relish performing 'in one' - solo. They like the autonomy.

I am hard-core middle class.

I kept being asked by corporations to do corporate gigs. And I said, 'I don't have anything. I'm not a stand-up. You want me to come sing show tunes for you? I don't think so.'

When CNN does a story and then says, 'Tweet us what you think' - why? Why does it matter what I think? Why should my thoughts be broadcast on a national news program? It's enough for me to just sit and listen and learn.

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

There are always things that I'd love to do. As an actor, none of them are specific; all I'm looking for are things that are good quality, that are challenging for me to work on, and even better if I get to work with people that I respect and am excited to work with.

'Broadway Bound' is near and dear to my heart, as it was one of my happiest times on Broadway.

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.

The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so unimaginable, if not ludicrous, as to make them almost comic. But the cast is constantly changing, the audience is often disengaged, and it seems at times that no one is actually running the show.

Every poker player, like every fisherman, needs to have a story in a box, and most poker stories are completely uninteresting.

Is it my end-all and be-all to become a standup comic? No.

I started balding at age 17 and after first being sad, I really embraced it.

There's no good reason to change a Neil Simon line. The day that I'm funnier than Neil Simon, Hell will be a very chilly place.

I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.

I cannot tell people who are struggling that I come first. I just cannot.