Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
Takeaways from Jerry Seinfeld on Tim Ferriss:
To survive in comedy you have to be a writer
“As any writer can tell you it’s 95% re-write”
“I think I could solve just about anyone’s life, I don’t care what you do, with weight training and transcendental meditation” Jerry Seinfeld
“If you could take your experiences and ask to trade them in, the las
My theory is that proportion is key to everything. You’re making this TV show, and it gets really popular, and you have to stop at a certain point or it loses the magic.
hbr.org • Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
I’m not the funniest comedian by a long shot, but I’ve become a student of comedy, and my access to the storytelling, corporate, and film worlds has made my skills very valuable.
Elysha Dicks • Someday Is Today
George Carlin once said that it is the job of a comedian to find the line and then cross it. That is what I have done. The line I found is the definition of comedy itself, and given the considerable nerve I struck, I would say that makes me an excellent comedian. Except I won’t. Because I don’t think of myself as a comedian, I am a stand-up perform
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