Jerry Seinfeld interview

Seinfeld is 57. Without the cycle of preparation and performance that is stand-up it’s hard to see what else he’d do, save dream up the odd panel show. In 2009 the comedian Frankie Boyle said that he planned to quit stand-up at 40 “because most comedians are rubbish once they hit 40.” What does the doyen of US comedy think of that?

“That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. I think quite the opposite. Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think. Forty to 60 I would say is your prime. That’s when you know the most, you’ve seen the most, you understand the most and you still have some physical energy.”

Which means that Jerry Seinfeld, by his own arithmetic, is just about at his peak.

Jerry Seinfeld interview / By Benji Wilson / The Telegraph /  7:00AM BST 18 Jun 2011