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
family realm work
Most of the musical film work that I have done has been in this realm of what I think of as real family entertainment.
excited good looking love none people respect work
There are always things that I'd love to do. As an actor, none of them are specific; all I'm looking for are things that are good quality, that are challenging for me to work on, and even better if I get to work with people that I respect and am excited to work with.
against bit brushing hear interested lots love observe reasons work
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.
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.
seinfeld stepped
Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.
funny jerry pounds seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld has an interesting theory. He goes, '20 pounds up or down, and you lose your funny.'
casting cross egg gives golden marquee name says series
Really, the golden egg of doing a series is that you cross that very stupid bridge that says 'Name Actors Only' in casting sessions. All of a sudden, you become a name actor; it gives you marquee value. That's all that a series does.
awards broadway growing jersey kid maybe teenage time tony watching
I was the teenage kid growing up in New Jersey watching the Tony Awards and thinking, 'Oh, maybe if I'm lucky I'll make it to Broadway by the time I'm 40!'
heavy
I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.
lack stopped stuck time
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.
dan love reliable voices
Where are reliable journalism and reliable investigative voices going to come from? I love the days of old - the Walter Cronkites, the Dan Rathers.
bad characters people rule
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.
rather shows
There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.
couple george looked producer roles
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.