David Hyde Pierce
David Hyde Pierce
David Hyde Pierce is an American actor, director and comedian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth3 April 1959
CitySaratoga Springs, NY
CountryUnited States of America
thinking different roles
I think being an actor in general is acknowledging that we are constantly playing different roles, that we have all these different parts of ourselves and instead of pretending that you are just one thing, as an actor you get to admit that you've got all this stuff going on.
life-is paradox one-thing
So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the same time.
fall house world
I would always fall down the big main staircase in our house. My favorite thing in the world was to pretend to be horribly killed at the top of it, and to fall dramatically down to the bottom of it.
eye lips her-eyes
Her lips said 'no', but her eyes said 'read my lips'.
crazy thinking people
Most of us aren't crazy psychotics, but most of us are a whole bunch of different people. I think when you are in a position of authority, that doesn't remove that from you.
good-day legs skiing
We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.
dimes kelsey separation
From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant moment with absolutely no separation in between... and sometimes in the same moment.
funny dog years
The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell him the dog's name.
powerful men disease
There's nothing more powerful than someone who has the disease who can be articulate and go in front of Congress or go to local government and say man, this is what's happening, and it's going to be you.
spoons like-you feels
Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.
aggravation alzheimers grandfather
Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.
ties security-guards security
I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman.
thinking people together
I always think extremism is basically a reaction out of fear. What we seem to be experiencing is polar extremism that keeps people from coming together.
new-york jobs television
I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.