Comedian Jerry Seinfeld said on Tuesday that he misses the era of “dominant masculinity” that encompassed his youth.

During an appearance on The Free Press podcast “Honestly with Bari Weiss,” Seinfeld said growing up he always wanted to be a “real man,” but simply never “made it.”

“I really thought when I was in that era, again, it was [John F. Kennedy], it was Muhammad Ali, it was Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, you can go all the way down there. That’s a real man,” he said.

The “Seinfeld” creator said he always wanted to be like those prominent figures. Still, Seinfeld claimed he never really grew up because, as a comedian, you don’t want to because it is a “childish pursuit.”