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Jason Alexander quotes: 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.

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: 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.

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: 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.

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.

Jason Alexander quotes: The pilot of 'Seinfeld' was made and dropped. 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to go to series.

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

Jason Alexander quotes: I guess the Reagan era is defined as the 'I want it all for me, and screw everybody else' era.

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

Jason Alexander quotes: As George Costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop.

As George Costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop.

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: 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.

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: Thrilled that Gov. Romney enjoys my old character. I enjoyed the character he used 2 b 2. If he'd embrace that again, he'd b a great candidate.

Thrilled that Gov. Romney enjoys my old character. I enjoyed the character he used 2 b 2. If he'd embrace that again, he'd b a great candidate.

Jason Alexander quotes: What is it about Iowa? I'm the shortest guy in the state.

What is it about Iowa? I'm the shortest guy in the state.

Jason Alexander quotes: Do you want to have a career that goes beyond, you know, 11 minutes in a 22-minute television show every week? Some people don't. That's fine.

Do you want to have a career that goes beyond, you know, 11 minutes in a 22-minute television show every week? Some people don't. That's fine.

Jason Alexander quotes: I'm still bald, I just wear a toupee.

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

Jason Alexander quotes: Poker is just a hobby I'm passionate about. It's not supposed to bring glory.

Poker is just a hobby I'm passionate about. It's not supposed to bring glory.

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

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

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

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

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

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 quotes: Parking at a garage is like going to a prostitute. Why pay for it when you can apply yourself, and then may be you can get it for free.

Parking at a garage is like going to a prostitute. Why pay for it when you can apply yourself, and then may be you can get it for free.

Jason Alexander quotes: Most of the musical film work that I have done has been in this realm of what I think of as real family entertainment.

Most of the musical film work that I have done has been in this realm of what I think of as real family entertainment.

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: 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.

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.

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

Jason Alexander quotes: I love smart comedy.

I love smart comedy.

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: I have no illusions about having another 'Seinfeld' in my life.

I have no illusions about having another 'Seinfeld' in my life.

Jason Alexander quotes: Isn't it time you came out and told the world what you believe?

Isn't it time you came out and told the world what you believe?

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

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 quotes: The greatest part of the job was ... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.

The greatest part of the job was ... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.

Jason Alexander quotes: I'm actually one of the more reluctant celebrities you will ever meet.

I'm actually one of the more reluctant celebrities you will ever meet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.

Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.

Jason Alexander quotes: Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.

Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.

Jason Alexander quotes: Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.

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

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: I think that I have very few personal gifts to bring to real politics.

I think that I have very few personal gifts to bring to real politics.

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: Jerry Seinfeld has an interesting theory. He goes, '20 pounds up or down, and you lose your funny.'

Jerry Seinfeld has an interesting theory. He goes, '20 pounds up or down, and you lose your funny.'

Jason Alexander quotes: I think with challenge comes a little more fun.

I think with challenge comes a little more fun.

Jason Alexander quotes: Israel is near and dear to my heart

Israel is near and dear to my heart

Jason Alexander quotes: Do people absolutely need the arts to get by day-to-day? You can make that claim, but they also really need a lot of things before that.

Do people absolutely need the arts to get by day-to-day? You can make that claim, but they also really need a lot of things before that.

Jason Alexander quotes: Directors get to fire on many more cylinders than an actor.

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

Jason Alexander quotes: The necessity for 'professionals' in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged.

The necessity for 'professionals' in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged.

Jason Alexander quotes: I have always wanted to play Sweeney in 'Sweeney Todd.'

I have always wanted to play Sweeney in 'Sweeney Todd.'

Jason Alexander quotes: I'm not a director to make an action or horror film. That's not for me.

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

Jason Alexander quotes: Divorce is very difficult, especially on the kids. Of course, I'm the result of my parents having stayed together, so you never know.

Divorce is very difficult, especially on the kids. Of course, I'm the result of my parents having stayed together, so you never know.

Jason Alexander quotes: I still don't know much about directing a movie.

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

Jason Alexander quotes: People this stupid shouldn't be allowed to live.

People this stupid shouldn't be allowed to live.

Jason Alexander quotes: It specifically says in the Torah that you can eat shrimp and bacon in a Chinese restaurant.

It specifically says in the Torah that you can eat shrimp and bacon in a Chinese restaurant.

Jason Alexander quotes: I cannot tell people who are struggling that I come first. I just cannot.

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

Jason Alexander quotes: Comedy lives on in the web and TV, but nobody's pressing comedy albums anymore.

Comedy lives on in the web and TV, but nobody's pressing comedy albums anymore.

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

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

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

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

Jason Alexander quotes: Where are reliable journalism and reliable investigative voices going to come from? I love the days of old - the Walter Cronkites, the Dan Rathers.

Where are reliable journalism and reliable investigative voices going to come from? I love the days of old - the Walter Cronkites, the Dan Rathers.

Jason Alexander quotes: Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.

Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.