"The closest thing to a friend you can have in business is someone who finds it in their interest to be your friend."
— Jerry Seinfeld
The Closest Thing To A Friend
The closest thing to a friend you can have in business is someone who finds it in their interest to be your friend.
About this quote
From an interview with New York Magazine, this line reflects Seinfeld's unsentimental view of professional relationships. Rather than dismissing transactional friendship, he treats the alignment of self-interest as a perfectly reasonable — even clarifying — basis for a working bond. The remark is consistent with the pragmatic worldview he frequently expresses in interviews about the business of comedy.
Source
Interview, New York Magazine
