Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which aired from 1989 to 1998 and became one of the most acclaimed sitcoms in television history. He is also the creator and host of the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and has released multiple Netflix comedy specials. He continues to perform stand-up comedy nationally and internationally, including regular headlining shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He has authored several best-selling books including Is This Anything? and Seinlanguage.
“Legendary talent manager who ran a letter-writing campaign to Brandon Tartikoff”
Source→“what Larry and I brought to the sitcom format, a 22-minute format, was a stand-up comedian structural sensibility”
Source→“No hugging, no learning... the exact opposite of every other sitcom that had ever been made”
Source→“Fox actually made an offer and guaranteed 24 episodes. But Jerry wanted that NBC imprimatur”
Source→“There's a line I come back to often from Jerry Seinfeld and he says all art is disguising work. His point is that artists are a bit like the magician who hide something behind the curtain.”
Source→“Jerry Seinfeld has this daily writing habit. Every morning, first two hours of the day, he sits down with a legal pad and a pencil and a coffee. He just writes... He's been doing that for 40 years.”
Source→“When he created Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, it was the equivalent of a talk show. He's like, what's the opposite of everything I hate about those things? And then he created something. And I think licensed it for like $100 million to Netflix.”
Source→“You pay attention to what irritates you. And instead of just complaining about it, that's a great source material. I think Jerry Seinfeld says, irritation is innovation.”
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