News RIP Jerry Stiller

[Ar-Pharazon]

Seinfeld: "We never gave Jerry a note"

"Those packages of just Jerry Stiller bits on my show are so unbelievably funny. What I loved about him is he so completes the George story. When you meet the father, you go, 'Oh, now I understand why he's like that,' " Seinfeld said.

Seinfeld revealed that sometimes "we didn't know if he was planning it or it just came out that way, or he couldn't remember the line, or we didn't know what it was."
Instead of interfering, Seinfeld said the TV crew "did not want to disturb it in any way."
"We never gave Jerry Stiller a note. I never adjusted his performance once. Whatever he did, that's it. We're putting that out there," Seinfeld continued.
"I don't know why he did it like that. I don't know why he screamed on that line. It doesn't matter. It's funny. So funny. I am such a dedicated believer in if it's funny, don't touch it. I don't care why it's funny. I don't care what the line was supposed to be. He said it that way, we're doing it that way," Seinfeld added.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

What ‘Seinfeld’ Meant to Jerry Stiller, as Told by His Son Ben Stiller

“I think Seinfeld really changed his life, because he was at a point in his career where the phone wasn’t really ringing,” Stiller said. “And he and my mom had really stopped working together. So, for someone who’s thrived on work and thrived on being funny and having an interaction with an audience, it really changed everything for him.”

As for Seinfeld, Stiller told The New Yorker, “He loved working with those actors, and he would prepare like he was doing Shakespeare. He would break it down, a sitcom script, and figure out, ‘Why am I saying this? What’s the motivation for this character? What’s his history?’

A class act.

 

[Keith1701]

You will be missed, Rest In Peace.

 

[Keith1701]

He was always very funny in most any role.