David Pierce
David Pierce
funny great
Kelsey Grammer is wickedly funny. He's like an 8-year-old child. He's always doing pranks, and we have a great time.
bunch dressed exact noises opera people strangely
I think opera is probably the exact same thing as boxing-a bunch of big, strangely dressed people making strange noises for a really long time.
bite cheeks discovered funnier joke laugh line realized value waiting
I was waiting in line to go into the cafeteria, and I told a joke to someone and realized that it was funnier if I didn't laugh when I told the joke. I actually had to bite my cheeks to keep from laughing. That's when I first discovered for myself the value of deadpan.
closing dad drop football found front hit house threw throwing time
I was closing up my parents' house this summer, and found a film of my dad throwing a football with me in the front yard. It was like Niles as an 8-year-old-every time he threw it, I'd drop it or it would hit me in the head.
bomb destroys epidemic heads people running serious ticking time
We could have a serious epidemic on our hands. Alzheimer's is a ticking time bomb in the heads of people in my generation. We must defuse it before it detonates and destroys our minds. Time is running out.
character definitely huge piece sitting wonderful
It's very humbling. As you're sitting there, watching, and the character does some wonderful thing, you think, 'Oh that was good.' But it wasn't me. It was them. They did that. It is definitely being a piece of a huge puzzle.
both dad ending humor influence mom parents senses strong tends terrific toward wild
Both my parents had a strong influence on my sense of humor and my ending up in this profession. They both had terrific and very different senses of humor. Mom had a very dry, deadpan sense of humor. My Dad has a very wet, anything-goes kind of humor. He tends toward the wild and crazy.
alzheimer boost cannot congress continue exciting federal flow funds progress research resources strong sustained unless urge
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.
deep happens playing respond strange
There's a very strange transference that happens in playing brothers. We just respond to each other in a very deep way.
beat boxing crap love people television turn watch whereas year
I've been kick-boxing for exercise. And now if I turn on boxing on the television by accident, I watch it, and I love it. Whereas a year ago, I thought it was the stupidest thing I had even seen-that you would voluntarily watch these people beat the crap out of each other and think, oh, that's entertainment.
august horses time track
August was horse-racing time. The only time we'd ever go to the track is sometimes in the morning, when the horses would be working out.
best comedians comedy good hear line music musical reason rhythm sort timing work
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.
people
Now people just congratulate me on my marriage, it's wonderful,
certainly definitely face older willing
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.