We sold ‘Seinfeld’ all over the world but it was a very specific kind of show. In some countries it went down really well, in others they hated it. – Jerry Seinfeld
The first real thought that I had of something that I might do was to write for car magazines, because I always had a car thing. – Jerry Seinfeld
I won’t do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can’t, it’s not gonna make the team. – Jerry Seinfeld
The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn’t have that kind of personality, and it’s a terrifying thing to say. – Jerry Seinfeld
I am so busy doing nothing… that the idea of doing anything – which as you know, always leads to something – cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything. – Jerry Seinfeld
When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself. – Jerry Seinfeld
As a comedian, I found this thing, this profession, that suits my mind and life force. To drop it to do something else? I just don’t get that. – Jerry Seinfeld
Pay attention, don’t let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box. – Jerry Seinfeld
Funny is the world I live in. You’re funny, I’m interested. You’re not funny, I’m not interested. – Jerry Seinfeld
I do a little thing about the way people shake the sweetener packet. You know, like they’re all excited. I want to get all the granules down to one end. I love all these rituals. – Jerry Seinfeld
It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper. – Jerry Seinfeld