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Jason Alexander, Estelle Harris, and Andrea Parker in Seinfeld (1989)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Elaine Benes

The Contest

Seinfeld

Julia Louis-Dreyfus credited as playing...

Elaine Benes

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  • Jerry Seinfeld: It's easier for a woman not to do it than a man, we have to do it, it's part of our lifestyle. It's like shaving.
  • Elaine Benes: Oh, that is such baloney! I shave my legs.
  • Cosmo Kramer: [while eating] Not everyday.
  • Jerry Seinfeld: But... are you still Master of your domain?
  • Elaine Benes: I'm queen of the castle.
  • [after Kramer is out]
  • Elaine Benes: And then there were three.
  • Elaine Benes: [Realizes Jerry and George aren't paying attention] So then, I got a call this morning. You know, I was, uh, chosen to go on the space shuttle. We're goin' to Mars.
  • Jerry Seinfeld: [Still staring at the woman] Uh-huh.
  • George Costanza: Have a good time.
  • Elaine Benes: So then, listen, listen. So then, I showered and I dressed, and I saw him again, on the way out.
  • [Giddy and nearly out of breath]
  • Elaine Benes: So we're walkin' and talkin', and he asked me my name - and I think I said Elaine - but, I mean, who the hell knows... And so then, he says to me: "Do you wanna split a cab uptown?"
  • Elaine Benes: What are you looking at?
  • Jerry Seinfeld: There's a naked woman across the street.
  • Elaine Benes: [laughs] This is gonna be the easiest money I've ever made in my life.
  • Joyce: See the guy with the dark hair and the red shorts?
  • Elaine Benes: Oh my God, John F. Kennedy junior's here!
  • Joyce: He's gonna be in your class today.
  • Elaine Benes: In my class? John Kennedy's gonna be in my class.
  • Joyce: I can get you a spot right behind him. He has got a great butt!

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