“We wanna see people under duress. I don’t really know why, but that’s all of sports. And it’s a large part of the biz too, right?” Seinfeld said.
“‘Oh, this person’s a great standup. They’re gonna give him a sitcom where they’re gonna give him a movie part. I wonder if he can handle that. You know, we’re gonna turn it up. We’re gonna turn the light brighter. We wanna know how much guts do they have? How much self control of their thing do they have?’ We wanna break people,” he added.
Seinfeld credited this mentality for the influx of award shows.
“That’s why, you know, all these stupid singing shows and talent shows. We like to try and break people. Is there anything stupider than an award show?” he began.
“We’re gonna compete. These two movies are gonna compete. What do you mean compete? It’s not two horses, you know, it’s two movies. How can you say, we’re gonna say this one is better? You can’t, it’s fake. It’s horse shit,” Seinfeld joked.
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