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" 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.' "

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" 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

Work

Son

" You know, because of the lack of budget, we had to find neighborhoods where time had stopped - kind of stuck in the '50s. And no place had that better than Staten Island. "

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

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

Jason Alexander

Down

You

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

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

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

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

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

" But I didn't know much about directing a movie. "

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

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

Jason Alexander

New York

New

" I had gone to the doctor. The doctor said, 'You're healthy as a horse. You've got two weight problems - two health problems because of your weight. Please do something.' "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

Sense Of Humor

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. "

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

Jason Alexander

Greatest

Pleasure

" But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Life and families and babies are all joyous gifts. But if we do not begin to truly account for our numbers, we will surely create an ecological crisis that will only lead to anguish and despair. "