George Louis Costanza is a fictional character in the American television sitcom Seinfeld, played by Jason Alexander.
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34 Facts About George Costanza
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George Costanza is a short, stocky, balding man who struggles with numerous insecurities, often dooming his romantic relationships through his own fear of being dumped.
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George Costanza is remarkably lazy; during periods of unemployment he actively avoids getting a job, and while employed he often finds ingenious ways to conceal idleness from his bosses.
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George Costanza is friends with Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, and Elaine Benes.
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George Costanza met Jerry during his youth, and they remained friends from that point on.
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George Costanza was picked on by his gym teacher Mr Heyman, who deliberately mispronounced his name as "Can't stand ya" and gave him wedgies.
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Two of George Costanza's cousins appear on the show: Shelly, who briefly appears in "The Contest", and Rhisa, whom George Costanza plans to date in order to shock his parents in "The Junk Mail".
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In "The Doll", it is revealed that Frank George Costanza was born in Italy and has a cousin, Carlo, who still lives there.
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George Costanza is neurotic, self-loathing and dominated by his parents, yet prone to occasional periods of overconfidence that invariably arise at the worst possible time.
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George Costanza is shown to be having an intense fear of commitment.
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George Costanza had success in "The Opposite", where he starts to do the complete opposite of what his instincts tell him to do, which results in him getting a girlfriend and a job with the New York Yankees.
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George Costanza refers to himself in the third person when under extreme stress, after befriending a person with a similar trait in "The Jimmy".
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George Costanza flees a burning kitchen during his girlfriend's son's birthday party, knocking over several children and an old woman so he can escape first in "The Fire".
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George Costanza often takes impressive measures to build and maintain relationships with women.
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George Costanza is interested in nice restrooms, and his personal bathroom habits border on obsession.
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The obsession even comes up in the Seinfeld reunion staged on Curb Your Enthusiasm: years after the series, George Costanza is said to have made a fortune on a smartphone app that directs its user to the nearest "acceptable" public toilet anywhere in the world.
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George Costanza's name was changed to George, and he became a real estate broker instead.
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Many of George Costanza's predicaments were based on David's past real-life experiences.
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In 1998, Michael George Costanza sued the show for US$100,000,000, claiming that he never gave permission for his name to be used and that, because of the character's appearance and behavior, he was not treated with respect.
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George Costanza becomes engaged to Susan Ross, an executive at NBC who approved his and Jerry's show-within-a-show sitcom pilot.
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George Costanza is very bad at meeting women and even worse at maintaining his romantic relationships and, as a result, his relationships usually end badly.
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George Costanza is unable to remain in any job for any great length of time before making an embarrassing blunder and getting fired, and he is unemployed for a large amount of time throughout the series.
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George Costanza always wanted to be an architect or least "pretend to be an architect".
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George Costanza has balding hair, which is less noticeable in "The Seinfeld Chronicles" or a flashback in "The Slicer", but gets thinner as the series progresses.
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George Costanza tries to restore his hair in "The Tape", when he starts using a Chinese cream that is said to be such a great cure for baldness that it will make him "look like Stalin".
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George Costanza has mentioned that his clothes are color-coded based on his mood.
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In "The Bizarro Jerry", George Costanza can be seen styling his hair based on an Andy Sipowicz poster.
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George Costanza tells Elaine's boss at the publishing company that he frequently reads Art Vandelay's work.
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In "The Boyfriend", George Costanza tells the unemployment office he is close to getting a job at "Vandelay Industries".
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George Costanza later tells Susan that Art is Elaine's boyfriend as part of a cover story to prevent Susan from learning that he is dating Marisa Tomei.
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In "The Serenity Now", George Costanza invents fake customers, one of whom is "Mr Vandelay", to hide his lack of sales success.
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George Costanza received nominations in the same category the following six years, but failed to win each year.
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George Costanza was nominated for the award in 1996 and 1999, but did not win again.
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