David Pierce
David Pierce
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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.
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I had done voiceover for a Simpson's episode, and I also did some for the HBO show Puss N Boots that was set in Hawaii.
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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.
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I had always acted for fun, and I wanted to do that. I really didn't have the talent. I loved to play, but that's a whole different level.
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I consciously or subconsciously draw on whatever attributes are most appropriate to the character and just heighten them.
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I am, by nature, a fairly shy person, and one of the things I had to learn was, when you're on a popular show and people feel they know you, what used to pass for shyness can be perceived as rude. I do feel more vulnerable, but people are always nice. Nobody ever comes up and throws food on me and says the show is crap.
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I did a big movie this summer, during my hiatus. That's really the time when I can do anything where I have a large part. That was Down With Love, an homage to the Rock Hudson-Doris Day films.
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.