"I Need To Be In This Show More": How Julia Louis Dreyfus Fought For Seinfeld’s Elaine

Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus discusses how she fought for her character to be featured more in the sitcom. Louis-Dreyfus won an Emmy – in addition to a number of other awards and nominations – for her portrayal of Elaine Benes. Given the character’s history with Jerry and her hilarious standalone stories, it’s hard to imagine the seminal sitcom without her presence, but at least in the early years of Seinfeld, that’s what could have happened.