Jerry Seinfeld was 'uncomfortable' with success of 'Seinfeld' (Video)
Success is something that everybody strives for. But sometimes when the level of success is so high and so public, it can be overwhelming. That explains why Jerry Seinfeld has been laying low for the past decade and why, at the end of the nine-year run of one of the most iconic TV shows of all time, Seinfeld took a break from the limelight, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Every week, Seinfeld provided us with it's own brand of dysfunctional and witty terms and ideologies that have become part of the everyday lexicon. But Seinfeld was first and foremost a comedian, not a TV star, and, according to The Huffington Post, Seinfeld was uncomfortable with the amount of attention and publicity the show gave him.
Seinfeld recently sat down with David Steinberg, a fellow comedian who hosts a new interview series on Showtime called Inside Comedy, and discussed his massive success and how he felt about being a TV star.
"There's nothing better for comedians that being penned in, closed off, shut out, not welcome. That's nutrition," Seinfeld said on the show. "That's what you want as a comedian. Acceptance is a very dangerous thing for comedians."
Since Seinfeld's end, Seinfeld has spent some time behind the scenes and has even found way to work without really being seen. Yidio notes that he helped bring The Marriage Ref, a game show featuring celebrities commenting on the trivial tiffs of married couples, to NBC and even found time to star in the animated film Bee Movie, which had Seinfeld's comedy and style all over it.
"I left L.A. and I tried to break back into the middle…and that's what made me feel comfortable," Seinfeld said. "To be honest with you, I never felt great being at that pinnacle. There was just a point where the show was really at a very high level of, it was a thing. It was the thing for a period of time. And I thought, this is not good, because it's not where I belong. This is not comedy. I always thought comedy and star are mutually exclusive."