David Hyde Pierce Quotes
Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.
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I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium.
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
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'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I like that conventions want me to appear and festivals want me to come speak because they like the climate I attract. It's a good feeling.
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I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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You have to get comfortable giving up control, and you find people who do things better than you do. Quora now does better with the team we have built.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
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There are actors who aren't on the cover of magazines but still decide what work they want and when they want it. I want a family one day. So I dream of really being able to decide when to work and when not to.
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I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
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Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.
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I love singing and would love to record an album at some point.
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It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.
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What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!
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Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.
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I know it sounds strange, but I'm one of those people who goes to a coffee shop to drink coffee.
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Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.
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Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.
