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Michael Richards Reveals ‘Biggest Regret’ After ‘Seinfeld’ Fame: ‘I Let Anger Get the Best of Me’


Actor Michael Richards exclusively tells Closer about his 'quirky' role of Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld and why he's 'not seeking a comeback' with his career.

As Jerry Seinfeld ’s lovably kooky neighbor Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards rarely walked into a room. “I always feared dropping into caricature or being too cartoony,” Michael tells Closer, confessing that he spent a lot of time creating a backstory for Kramer to ground him in his own peculiar logic. A friend of mine, Ed Begley Jr. — we got the idea to put on some old tattered tuxes and go to the Troubadour and say, ‘Hey, we’re funny people.

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