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Top 20 David Hyde Pierce Quotes (2025 Update)

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

1. “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.”

— David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there’s only so deep you can dig in that week.”

2. “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

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

3. “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.”

— David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

4. “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.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

5. “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.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “I don’t remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.”

6. “I don’t remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.”

— David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “I was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls.”

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

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

— David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

10. “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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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman.”

11. “I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I’d end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.”

12. “I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I’d end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.”

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

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “I found every single laugh as Laertes that you can find and only realized later that you really shouldn’t find any at all.”

14. “I found every single laugh as Laertes that you can find and only realized later that you really shouldn’t find any at all.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

— David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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.”

17. “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.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “People can be a hoot on the set, but if they’re not good to work with, that tires very quickly.”

18. “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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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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 all support each other so well.”

19. “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 all support each other so well.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “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 of almost the same thing.”

20. “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 of almost the same thing.”

— David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “Don’t you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It’s like you ordered wrong.”

21. “Don’t you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It’s like you ordered wrong.”

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David Hyde Pierce Quote: “On some level in acting, what you’re trying to find is truth, because when it’s true is when it’s also funny.”

22. “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

David Hyde Pierce Quote: “We all went to Kelsey’s wedding, and yeah, we go to parties. We also go to each other’s house. A group of us got together over at Kelsey’s and just read through some plays just for the fun of it. That may not be everyone’s idea of a good time, but we had a good time.”

23. “We all went to Kelsey’s wedding, and yeah, we go to parties. We also go to each other’s house. A group of us got together over at Kelsey’s and just read through some plays just for the fun of it. That may not be everyone’s idea of a good time, but we had a good time.”

— David Hyde Pierce

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