David Hyde Pierce

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that…

— David Hyde Pierce

People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.

— David Hyde Pierce

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

— David Hyde Pierce

Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never…

— David Hyde Pierce

So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the…

— David Hyde Pierce

You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there's only so deep you can dig in that week.

— David Hyde Pierce

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass…

— David Hyde Pierce

I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more…

— David Hyde Pierce

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…

— David Hyde Pierce

I always think extremism is basically a reaction out of fear. What we seem to be experiencing is polar extremism that keeps…

— David Hyde Pierce

From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an…

— David Hyde Pierce

I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we…

— David Hyde Pierce

I think being an actor in general is acknowledging that we are constantly playing different roles, that we have all these different…

— David Hyde Pierce

Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.

— David Hyde Pierce

We all went to Kelsey's wedding, and yeah, we go to parties. We also go to each other's house. A group of…

— David Hyde Pierce

Most of us aren't crazy psychotics, but most of us are a whole bunch of different people. I think when you are…

— David Hyde Pierce

I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college.…

— David Hyde Pierce

There's nothing worse than putting two similar shows back-to-back. Viewers don't want to watch one show and then sit through another half-hour…

— David Hyde Pierce

I would always fall down the big main staircase in our house. My favorite thing in the world was to pretend to…

— David Hyde Pierce

Her lips said 'no', but her eyes said 'read my lips'.

— David Hyde Pierce

Last year, I finally got my own grand piano, and that was a big thing for me because it's always been and…

— David Hyde Pierce

I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman.

— David Hyde Pierce

I found every single laugh as Laertes that you can find and only realized later that you really shouldn't find any at…

— David Hyde Pierce

I was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls.

— David Hyde Pierce

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a…

— David Hyde Pierce