Jason Alexander: Folk slog och spottade på mig

Jason Alexander, född Jay Scott Greenspan den 23 september 1959 i Newark i New Jersey, är en amerikansk komiker, skådespelare och regissör. Han är mest känd från TV-serien Seinfeld (1989–1998) där han spelade George Costanza (skapad av och efter Larry David). Han har tidigare gjort en del röster till animerade TV-serier, exempelvis titelpersonen i Duckman. Han har också haft en aktiv scenkarriär och varit med i flera musikaler på Broadway och han vann en Tony för sin huvudroll i Jerome Robbins' Broadway 1989. I musikalen The Producers - Det våras för Hitler spelade han och Martin Short huvudrollerna när den sattes upp i Los Angeles på USA-turnén 2002. Musikalen sattes upp på Reprise! Theatre Company där Jason Alexander är konstnärlig ledare. Han har också haft framgångar som pokerspelare i tävlingar för celebriteter.

Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), Laura San Giacomo, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. The film's story centers on down-on-her-luck Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward, who is hired by Edward Lewis, a wealthy businessman, to be his escort for several business and social functions, and their developing relationship over the course of her week-long stay with him. The film's title Pretty Woman is based on "Oh, Pretty Woman", written and sung by Roy Orbison. It is the first film on-screen collaboration between Gere and Roberts; their second film, Runaway Bride, was released in 1999. Originally intended to be a dark cautionary tale about class and prostitution in Los Angeles, the film was re-conceived as a romantic comedy with a large budget. It was widely successful at the box office and was the third-highest-grossing film of 1990. The film saw the highest number of ticket sales in the US ever for a romantic comedy, with Box Office Mojo listing it as the number-one romantic comedy by the highest estimated domestic tickets sold at 42,176,400, slightly ahead of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) at 41,419,500 tickets. The film received mixed reviews, though Roberts received a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. In addition, screenwriter J. F. Lawton was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a BAFTA Award.