3 December 2020 David Hyde Pierce 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?
3 December 2020 David Hyde Pierce Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.
3 December 2020 David Hyde Pierce I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible… but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game.
3 December 2020 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 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.
3 December 2020 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. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.