Robin Milling: You did the TV show Benson… what part did you
have?
Jerry Seinfeld: Oh, I had a very small part in there. I was
the governor’s joke writer. And it wasn’t too good. The one thing I do give
them credit for is they really taught me to appreciate the luxury of being able
to write your own material. When you’re on a show like that and they’re telling
you what jokes to do and you don’t want to do them and you have no say in the
matter… I really appreciated what being a stand-up means. I never took it for
granted after that experience. I really kind of hated it.
RM: Would you like to get involved in your own series?
JS: No. Not unless I could, you know, if it was done by some
very high quality people… like a Cheers type of situation. Something like that.
But, uh, you know, I have no desire to be part of most of the crap that you see
on TV. So I could say, “Hey, I got a TV show.” That’s no big deal. Facts of
Life. Things like that.
RM: (laughing) I could see it now. So tell me then what are your other
aspirations.
JS: I don’t really have any. I mean, I just want to get good
at this. To me its like I feel like I’m a musician, this is my instrument, and I want to master
it. So whatever else happens I’m sure I’ll end up doing a TV series. I’m sure I’ll
end up doing a movie or something like that. But my real aspiration is to get
good at… this. This is my thing.
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