She went on to earn six more Emmys for her performance on HBO’s beloved political satire “Veep. Four single friends - comic Jerry Seinfeld, bungling George Costanza, frustrated working gal Elaine Benes and eccentric neighbor Cosmo Kramer. If there was a curse, Louis-Dreyfus broke it with CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” which ran for five seasons and won her an Emmy in 2006. Louis-Dreyfus’ follow-up NBC series “Watching Ellie” ran for two seasons before being canceled for low ratings. The curse originated after several of the cast’s post-“Seinfeld” sitcoms bombed. I was amazed that it had legs, because it was so moronic. You don’t need me to prove it wrong, it was ridiculous! It made no sense. When Rolling Stone brought up the infamous “Seinfeld curse,” Louis-Dreyfus added: “It was invented by the media. ‘Where did all my buddies go?’ ‘Where are my friends?’” There’s a real feeling of sadness for me. There is a focus and a camaraderie that’s very much present when you’re working hard on a project that you believe in, and when the circus leaves town, it’s a huge transition. “I think any time a project ends, it’s gutting for me,” Louis-Dreyfus said. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Louis-Dreyfus said it was hard coping with the end of the show’s run. Louis-Dreyfus earned seven consecutive Emmy Award nominations for playing Elaine on “Seinfeld,” and she won outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for the role at the 1996 ceremony. “They just wrote for me, for this character, as opposed to this gender, which I think is instructive in a lot of ways from a writing point of view.” “But you see, they didn’t write for me as a woman,” she added. Julia Louis-Dreyfus told Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David to write additional lines for her in the first season of 'Seinfeld': 'I need to be in this show more' Jason Guerrasio May 17, 2023, 4:50 PM PDT Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 'Seinfeld.
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