Jason Alexander Quotes
I have actually lost a couple of roles - film roles - because a director or producer thought I looked too much like George Costanza, and I could not get out of that box.
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All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
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I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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When you play piano, your left hand and right hand are synced. Your brain basically has a clock, so that the right hand knows that 0.3 seconds after I hit this key, I need to hit that one. And the right hand knows not to hit keys that the left hand is playing, so the hands do not collide.
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I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.
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To create a character who really interests you, try combining aspects of your favourite fictional character with a real person.
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It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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Virgin Galactic, which will be operating SpaceShipTwo, will be only one of several spacelines. The competitors for Virgin include the Russians, Bezos's Blue Origin, and possibly Rocketplane Kistler. And likely a couple of others who are smart enough not to tell people what they are doing!
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I have actually lost a couple of roles - film roles - because a director or producer thought I looked too much like George Costanza, and I could not get out of that box.
