Jason Alexander Quotes
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What is it about Iowa? I'm the shortest guy in the state.
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I'm not a director to make an action or horror film. That's not for me.
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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.
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The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.
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I'm actually one of the more reluctant celebrities you will ever meet.
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The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
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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.
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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?'
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It's a question of finding the right thing, if I'm going to be an actor... if I have to get up eight times a week for a number of months, I want to be excited and challenged from the day I start to the day I leave.
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I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.
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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.
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I guess the Reagan era is defined as the 'I want it all for me, and screw everybody else' era.
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One of the downsides of being a poker pro is that people see exactly how you play.
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I have no illusions about having another 'Seinfeld' in my life.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.
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The necessity for 'professionals' in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged.
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Isn't it time you came out and told the world what you believe?
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One of the reasons I love acting is because I'm so interested in other people's lives, and I often incorporate things I hear or observe into my work. I've become a bit of a 'person addict,' and so I like brushing up against lots of different characters.
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I find when somebody says to me, 'I'm going to motivate you,' more often than not, they're not going to get me.
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Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.
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Every poker player, like every fisherman, needs to have a story in a box, and most poker stories are completely uninteresting.