One of the reasons I love acting is because I'm so interested in other people's lives, and I often incorporate things I hear or observe into my work. I've become a bit of a 'person addict,' and so I like brushing up against lots of different characters.

Comedy lives on in the web and TV, but nobody's pressing comedy albums anymore.

Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.

The pilot of 'Seinfeld' was made and dropped. 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to go to series.

Is it my end-all and be-all to become a standup comic? No.

Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don't necessarily think they are bad.

I met the real George Steinbrenner on only one occasion when he actually came and played himself on an episode of 'Seinfeld.' He seemed to really enjoy himself. I did not get to know him, but the fact that he allowed himself and his beloved team to be satirized on our show is an indication to me of his true character.

If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.

The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so unimaginable, if not ludicrous, as to make them almost comic. But the cast is constantly changing, the audience is often disengaged, and it seems at times that no one is actually running the show.

I guess the Reagan era is defined as the 'I want it all for me, and screw everybody else' era.

I still don't know much about directing a movie.

Acting is not terribly important work, and I have always felt a bit of guilt about pursuing something that is so selfish. I love doing it, but it is never something that feels like it's going to change or save the world.

I love smart comedy.

Actors go, 'I just want to act.' And I say to them, 'You know, stop for a second and think about what charges you up the most. Do you want to be on the stage, do you want to be in film, do you want to be a comic actor? Do you just want to make it for the money and capitalize on your look and do commercials and soaps?'

I'm a singer and performer in a hybrid show that's standup, music and audience participation.

Poker is just a hobby I'm passionate about. It's not supposed to bring glory.

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.

There are always things that I'd love to do. As an actor, none of them are specific; all I'm looking for are things that are good quality, that are challenging for me to work on, and even better if I get to work with people that I respect and am excited to work with.

We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.

The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.

I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.

I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.

Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.

But one sets 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.

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.

But I didn't know much about directing a movie.

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.

I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.

I had gone to the doctor. The doctor said, 'You're healthy as a horse. You've got two weight problems - two health problems because of your weight. Please do something.'

Jerry Seinfeld has an interesting theory. He goes, '20 pounds up or down, and you lose your funny.'

I kept being asked by corporations to do corporate gigs. And I said, 'I don't have anything. I'm not a stand-up. You want me to come sing show tunes for you? I don't think so.'

I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone or some group thought I was different or below them... so, I'm coming out of the closet as an ally of equality for everyone; as an ally to hope.

Isn't it time you came out and told the world what you believe?

I think with challenge comes a little more fun.

I've gotten a lot of compliments on the 'Criminal Minds' guy. I guess it's because the look of that character is so different from what people expect of me.

I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.

Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.

I'm still bald, I just wear a toupee.

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

Life and families and babies are all joyous gifts. But if we do not begin to truly account for our numbers, we will surely create an ecological crisis that will only lead to anguish and despair.

The necessity for 'professionals' in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged.

I cannot tell people who are struggling that I come first. I just cannot.

Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.

I have no illusions about having another 'Seinfeld' in my life.

I find when somebody says to me, 'I'm going to motivate you,' more often than not, they're not going to get me.

I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.

'Broadway Bound' is near and dear to my heart, as it was one of my happiest times on Broadway.

Most of the musical film work that I have done has been in this realm of what I think of as real family entertainment.

I have actually lost a couple of roles - film roles - because a director or producer thought I looked too much like George Costanza, and I could not get out of that box.

What you find with singers, no matter where they're from, if they have any kind of an accent, the accent tends to disappear when they sing.