Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander
Jay Scott Greenspan, known by his stage name, Jason Alexander, is an American actor, comedian, director, and voice artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth23 September 1959
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
albums lives
Comedy lives on in the web and TV, but nobody's pressing comedy albums anymore.
If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.
broadcast functions merely receive
I do think that the days of gathering around a television set that functions merely as a television set, to receive a live broadcast of some networked programming, those days are probably numbered.
challenged eight excited finding number
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.
constantly entertainment
The necessity for 'professionals' in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged.
compliments gotten guess people
I've gotten a lot of compliments on the 'Criminal Minds' guy. I guess it's because the look of that character is so different from what people expect of me.
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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.
job nine
The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
character fill finding fit mandate miracles question shoes tough
The mandate of our show is to find what makes us laugh. We had tough shoes to fill for this role, and finding someone to fit the character of Jeffrey was a challenge, if not a miracle. But when miracles happen, you don't question them.
needs ohio start west york
And New York needs no explanation. I mean, if you come from Sandusky, Ohio or West New York, New Jersey, you have to start explaining.
people work
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.
bring few gifts personal politics
I think that I have very few personal gifts to bring to real politics.
backstage best combined company fellows performing synergy
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.
pilot supposed
The pilot of 'Seinfeld' was made and dropped. 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to go to series.