Jason Alexander Quotes

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.

We never try to think in terms of any competitive product or company. If you do that, you just focus on a certain narrow area. Rather, we should think much more broadly.

'Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the best advice I've had. If you keep an open mind and don't expect too much, then you won't be disappointed.

The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they understand all the problems you face.

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about economics can make as many mistakes as someone who does the opposite.

I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.

If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of the world and my ability to deal professionally with actors. As far as perception is concerned, I always try to imagine settings through the best possible eyes.

It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.

Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea.

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.

The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.

The best science frequently combines an awareness of broad and significant problems with focus on an apparently small issue or detail that someone very much wants to solve or understand. Sometimes these little problems or inconsistencies turn out to be the clues to big advances.

Someone who knows only music, understands nothing about it.

A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.

When I can see things through the lens of the director, it's like being able to see the whole puzzle - it's not just about my role, but the whole script.

I'm a huge believer in learning anything from multiple points of view.

Our opinions are less important than the spirit and temper with which they possess us, and even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in a broad, intelligent, and spacious way.

I often advocate that we look at many sides of an issue, walk in someone else's shoes, and identify and reject false choices.

I don't think in a box. I think in a sphere.

I try not to think small minded.

I believe in being completely open to the most unlikely explanation.

I like to see myself as open-minded.