Jason Alexander Quotes
We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.
Asked how he felt about the possibility of his wife, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, becoming Vice President:
During the 1860 Republican nominating convention, following the custom of the time, neither Lincoln or the odds on favorite, William H. Seward, were even in Chicago. Lincoln's campaign managers wired him regarding a possible deal with Simon Cameron to obtain the votes of the Pennsylvania delegation:. Lincoln's managers were incredulous. Without bargains there was no way Lincoln stood a chance. They decided that Lincoln didn't really mean what he had said but was only "covering himself" for the record. They proceeded to deal with Cameron as well as trade for most of the prospective cabinet and some Federal judgeships as well. Lincoln won and honored all the bargains when he became president.
The “gentleman” was Congressman Benjamin Butler former Civil War General, and Governor of Massachusetts who had a corrupt history of looting wealthy Louisiana. Brady had been a very successful photographer and had invested over $100,000 in photographing the civil war with the expectation that when the war was won, the government would buy his collection. They did not and he was financially ruined and had to accept anything the government would offer. Butler arranged the purchase and got the $12,500 kickback which was legal in those days. He became one of the wealthy men of America. Brady died an alcoholic in poverty. Without the Brady photographs, the great Ken Burns PBS documentary of the Civil War could never have been made.
He was then negotiating with the Egyptians. He attributed this to his mother’s advice.
Jay Scott Greenspan, known by his stage name Jason Alexander, is an American actor, comedian, film director, and television presenter. Alexander is best known for his role as George Costanza in the television series Seinfeld (1989–1998), for which he was nominated for seven consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Other well-known roles include Phillip Stuckey in the film Pretty Woman (1990), comic relief gargoyle Hugo in the Disney animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and the title character in the animated series Duckman (1994–1997). He has also made guest appearances on shows such as Dream On (1994), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001, 2009), and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019). For his role in Dream On, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
