Quotes from Julia Louis-Dreyfus

It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all.

Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream.

The schedule of doing a live TV show every week is very difficult.

The Seinfeld motto: No learning, no hugging.

I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun.

Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very, very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

I walk around feeling a sort of existential guilt all the time; and honestly for me this house is a way of feeling less guilty about the universe.

As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see.

I think Elaine would go out with anyone if they showed interest in her. She's nuts. The woman's nuts.

It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?

I never go about a new project as if I'm trying ot redefine myself. I just like to work, and I'm excited by material I find challenging and - if it's a comedy - exceptionally funny.

Everybody seems to know me. It's very strange.

Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.

My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it.