Jason Alexander
Birthday:
23 September 1959, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name:
Jason Scott Greenspan
Height:
163 cm
Jason Greenspan adopted the stage name Jason Alexander while still in high school in New Jersey. He was soon appearing in Broadway plays and movies, then in the hit TV series, Seinfeld (1989), from 1990 to 1998. Alexander also directs and produces films.
I'm not really bald. I shave my head to keep in character with George.
I'm not really bald. I shave my head to keep in character with George.
The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.
I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.
I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.
I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.
I still don't know much about directing a movie.
I still don't know much about directing a movie.
But I didn't know much about directing a movie.
But I didn't know much about directing a movie.
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 t...Show more »
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. Show less «
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 sup...Show more »
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. Show less «
But one set 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...Show more »
But one set 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. Show less «
Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.
Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.
We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.
We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.
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...Show more »
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. Show less «
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