50 ordspråk av David Hyde Pierce
David Hyde Pierce
Let's see... how old am I? I'm definitely in my 50s... and I've certainly always been in my 50s. I could be older than that... but I'm not willing to face that.
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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 of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else.
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My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
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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 be fooled. It's not as cynical as it sounds; it's just that people always say something for a reason-maybe a nice reason, maybe a devious reason-so on that level, you can't take things at face value.
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Now people just congratulate me on my marriage, it's wonderful,
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On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.
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People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.
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So much of good comedy is timing and being able to hear the music of a line and the rhythm of a joke. I think that's why a lot of the best comedians have some sort of musical instincts. That's one reason why Kelsey and I work so well together. He's also a musician.
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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.
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Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.
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The curse of being on Frasier is the challenge of finding writing that's that good in any other medium. I've been looking at scripts for two years.
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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.
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The greatest honor the Academy has ever given me,
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There have been many exciting new discoveries in Alzheimer research at NIH-funded facilities. But this progress cannot continue unless there is a strong and sustained flow of resources for research. I urge Congress to boost federal funds for Alzheimer's research to $1 billion.
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There's a very strange transference that happens in playing brothers. We just respond to each other in a very deep way.
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