Alec Berg Quotes

United States, Writer
January 1, 2000

Alec Berg is an American comedy writer, best known as a writer for the sitcom Seinfeld. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films The Cat in the Hat, EuroTrip and The Dictator. In addition, Berg is an executive producer of and has directed numerous episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, and also executive produces Silicon Valley and Barry.

Also known as Producer

The amounts of money in Silicon Valley are staggering.

Alec Berg
- Money
There's a reason there are 50,000 cop shows and firefighter shows: Watching them is cool.

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- Cool
- Firefighter

I have enough motivation just not looking like an idiot on national television. The fear of disappointing people is certainly higher.

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- People
- Fear
- motivation
I love oddballs and nerdiness, and it's a fun world to write in.

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- World
- Fun
My dad's a biophysicist. My brother is a computer guy. His wife works at Microsoft.

Alec Berg
- Guy
- Dad
- Wife
You can't just watch people type all day, and you can't really show screenshots of code and make it interesting in any way.

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- People
- Interesting
Somebody writing a subroutine is unbelievable boring.

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- Writing
My brother is an electrical engineer and went to computer science grad school at Stanford, and he'd tell me stories about the happy hours he'd organize.

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- School
- Happy
- Science

'The Practice' is one of my favorite shows of all time, and the first few seasons of that show were amazing, and then when they started winning the big case, it just got less interesting.

Alec Berg
- Time
- Interesting
- Amazing
I have a feeling that life as a billionaire in Silicon Valley is very different than the life that you or I would lead. Unless you're a billionaire; I don't know your financial situation.

Alec Berg
- Life
- Different
- Feeling