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

- 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

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 mom…

- 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 be fooled. …

- 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 I would focus too much on that too soon. And…

- 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 all.

- 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 all support each other so wel…

- 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 in a position of authority, that doesn…

- 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 be horribly killed at the top of it, a…

- David Hyde Pierce