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Jason Alexander

I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.

— Jason Alexander learning

I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.

— Jason Alexander funny

The show is like an Edwardian play - emotional life gets stepped on for the sake of accepted manners, and that's terrific for actors to play in.

— Jason Alexander life

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.

— Jason Alexander people

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

— Jason Alexander art

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

— Jason Alexander community

I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it's addictive.

— Jason Alexander art

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.

— Jason Alexander war

I still don't know much about directing a movie.

— Jason Alexander

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

— Jason Alexander art

Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.

— Jason Alexander people

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

— Jason Alexander man

I am hard-core middle class.

— Jason Alexander

I think with challenge comes a little more fun.

— Jason Alexander fun

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

— Jason Alexander art

One of the downsides of being a poker pro is that people see exactly how you play.

— Jason Alexander people

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

— Jason Alexander sea

Even when I was an actor in training, one criticism my teachers had was that I should think about directing instead of acting, because the best actors see the material they're working on through blinders. They can't see anything but their role. I could never really do that.

— Jason Alexander work

I found that looking at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from an outside vantage point was actually quite distancing. The history of the conflict, the personalities, the violence, the distrust, and the seeming lack of viable solutions made meaningful involvement feel impossible. What changed that, for me, was changing the vantage point.

— Jason Alexander history

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.'

— Jason Alexander sin

I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone or some group thought I was different or below them... so, I'm coming out of the closet as an ally of equality for everyone; as an ally to hope.

— Jason Alexander hope

The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.

— Jason Alexander humor

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.

— Jason Alexander people

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

— Jason Alexander man

Boston was a great town to go to college in. Maybe that's why there's so many colleges there. I love the town, and I loved Boston University.

— Jason Alexander love

I can get motivated seeing a kid at my sons school overcome a learning disability.

— Jason Alexander learning

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