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Actor, Writer, Producer
About Jerry Seinfeld
Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. The show aired on NBC from 1989 until 1998, becoming one of the most acclaimed and popular American sitcoms of all time. As a stand-up comedian, Seinfeld specializes in observational comedy.
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“Comedians have such an intense allergy to pretension.”
“Great steering is, to me, the essence of the automotive experience.”
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Jerry Seinfeld on Insults
“No one knows public humiliation like a comedian.”
Jerry Seinfeld on Marathons
Jerry Seinfeld on Vomit
“Vomiting is not a deal breaker. If Hitler had vomited on Chamberlain, Chamberlain still would have given him Czechoslovakia.”
Jerry Seinfeld on Lawyers
“What are lawyers really? To me a lawyer is basically the person that knows the rules of the country. We're all throwing the dice, playing the game, moving our pieces around the board, but if there's a problem, the lawyer is the only person that has actually read the inside of the top of the box.”
Jerry Seinfeld on Scientology
“I took a couple of courses. One of them was in communication, and I learned some things about communication that really got my act going...They have a lot of very good technology. That’s what really appealed to me about it. It’s not faith-based. It’s all technology. And I’m obsessed with technology.”
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Jerry Seinfeld on Julia Louis-Dreyfus 2 quotes
“Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as far as I was concerned, was the key to the success of the show.”
Jerry Seinfeld on Richard Pryor
Jerry Seinfeld on Chris Rock
“Chris Rock might be the only comedian I know who's maybe a little better at analogies than I am. He's a great analogizer.”
Jerry Seinfeld on Lorne Michaels
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Judd Apatow on Jerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Jerry Seinfeld
“Jerry killed himself to make Seinfeld good. He and Larry David worked so hard, it is-- actually, it is impossible to describe. And they didn't just do it to make the show successful, because once it was successful, they worked even harder.”
Dennis Miller on Jerry Seinfeld
“You've always been one of the nicest guys in the business. [...] You've always been ethical, classy, smooth, and the best stand-up comic of our generation.”
About Jerry Seinfeld
Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. The show aired on NBC from 1989 until 1998, becoming one of the most acclaimed and popular American sitcoms of all time. As a stand-up comedian, Seinfeld specializes in observational comedy.