Quotes by Jerry Seinfeld

About Jerry Seinfeld:

Jerome Allen is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is known for playing a semifictional version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David. For its final two seasons, they were also co-executive producers.
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Well, Howard Stern has been doing his impression of me for years. It doesn't really bother me.

Jerry Seinfeld

I think of myself more as a sportsman than I do an artist.

Jerry Seinfeld

You don't even really need a place. But you feel like you're doing something. That is what coffee is. And that is one of the geniuses of the new coffee culture.

Jerry Seinfeld

A lot of advertising has gotten worse. I think it's kind of lost its nerve, to be honest with you. I feel like the advertising of the '60s, they were nervier. You know why? Because there was less at stake.

Jerry Seinfeld

I don't want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I'm completely confused. I'm like, 'Didn't you make that movie already?' I've been very fortunate, and I'm well taken care of, so the...

Jerry Seinfeld

If you're a surfer, you just want to surf. You don't know if anyone's going to see you, and you don't really care if they see you. You just live for that feeling.

Jerry Seinfeld

I have this old '57 Porsche Speedster, and the way the door closes, I'll just sit there and listen to the sound of the latch going, 'cluh-CLICK-click.' That door! I live for that door. Whatever the opposite of planned obsolescence is, that's what I'm...

Jerry Seinfeld

I have no interest in gender or race or anything like that. But everyone else is kind of, with their calculating - is this the exact right mix? I think that's - to me it's anti-comedy. It's more about PC-nonsense.

Jerry Seinfeld

The Internet offers opportunities that are more unique than ever before. With TV, I know I'm making 22 minutes; I know there's a commercial in the middle. With the Internet, no one knows anything. No rules.

Jerry Seinfeld

Taking in a baseball game on TV is also a big treat.

Jerry Seinfeld

If you go to a bad movie, it's two hours. If you're in a bad movie, it's two years.

Jerry Seinfeld

I can walk through a hotel lobby and watch people at the desk and see what they're doing. People don't look at me. They don't even know I'm there.

Jerry Seinfeld

A lot of stuff I do out of pure obsessiveness.

Jerry Seinfeld

When I was a comic in the 1980s, I was on the road somewhere every day, and I'd get back to the hotel, and it was Carson and Letterman, and I looked forward to that all day.

Jerry Seinfeld

There are very few people who really appreciate my shows. People come to the show and they pay and they enjoy it, but I don't really think most people really understand what they've seen.

Jerry Seinfeld

A bookstore is one of the many pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.

Jerry Seinfeld

If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?

Jerry Seinfeld

Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there's no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.

Jerry Seinfeld

Keep your head up in failure, and your head down in success.

Jerry Seinfeld

Elaine: Ugh, I hate people. Jerry: Yeah, they're the worst.

Jerry Seinfeld

The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. ‘Come on, b...

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Author Bio

  • NameJerry Seinfeld
  • DescriptionAmerican comedian and actor
  • AliasesJerome Allen Seinfeld
  • BornApril 29, 1954
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Comedian; Film Producer; Voice Actor; Writer
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award