Even though many people believe in the “Seinfeld curse,” which insinuates the cast of the hit show have had failed series following the enormous success, Jason Alexander isn’t believing in any of it.

“If there is a Seinfeld curse, and I don’t really believe that there is one, but the curse so to speak is that the show is still out there in such a profound way,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “George is such an iconic image that I think some producers with other opportunities go, ‘You know what, we don’t want the George comparison. We don’t want the audience to even think about that.’ So it kept away some shows that I may have liked to do.”

He continued: “I had such an amazing experience with the Seinfeld group for nine years, just a wonderful chemistry and camaraderie, that it’s always daunting. You’re speculating about five to seven years of your life and going, ‘Is this something I would want to be doing five years from now?’ So unless there’s an absolutely brilliant idea or brilliant role, I tend to chicken out or I don’t get it, one or the other.”