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About Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie, CBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer and musician. He first reached fame as a cast member of Blackadder and then as one half of the Fry and Laurie double act, along with his friend and comedy partner, Stephen Fry. From 2004 to 2012, he starred as Dr. Gregory House, the protagonist in the FOX television drama House.
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βThis was the tricky bit. The really tricky bit, trickiness cubed.β
βIt was a beautiful afternoon; one to make you realise that God really can be very good sometimes with weather and scenery.β
βWe were walking through Hyde Park, going nowhere in particular, holding hands for a bit, then letting go as if holding hands wasn't one of life's big deals.β
βIt is the middle of December now, and we are about to travel to Switzerland - where we plan to ski a little, relax a little, and shoot a Dutch politician a little.β
βI found a cab eventually, and told the driver in fluent English that I wanted Wenceslas Square. This request, I now know, is phonically identical to the Czech phrase for βI am an air-brained tourist, please take everything I haveβ.β
βI was definitely getting the hang of this skating thing. I'd started to copy a fancy cross-over turn from a German girl in front of me, and it was working pretty well. I was just about keeping up with her too, which was pleasing. She must have been about six.β
βI don't believe in God, but I have this idea that if there were a God, or destiny of some kind looking down on us, that if he saw you taking anything for granted heβd take it away. So he'll be like: 'You think this is going pretty well?' Then he'll go and send down some big disaster.β
βDawn was definitely pulling into the station by now, and the snow had begun to throb with an electric, new-fallen whiteness. It climbed the inside of my trousers, and clung, squeakily, to the soles of my boots, and the bit just in front seemed to say βdonβt walk on me, please donβt walk . . . oh.ββ
βThe first item was fighting under the name βCrostini of Mealed Tarroce, with Benatore Potatoesβ and weighed in at an impressive twelve pounds sixty-five. The Ralph Lauren blonde came over and asked me if I needed any help with the menu, and I asked her to explain what potatoes were. She didnβt laugh.β
βO'Neal had uttered three words: 'Conspiracy to murder.'
The correct word for me to repeat in an incredulous tone of voice would have been 'murder'; a very small, and psychiatrically disturbed, section of the population might have opted for the 'to'; but the one word out of the three I most definitely should not have chosen to repeat was 'conspiracy'.β
The correct word for me to repeat in an incredulous tone of voice would have been 'murder'; a very small, and psychiatrically disturbed, section of the population might have opted for the 'to'; but the one word out of the three I most definitely should not have chosen to repeat was 'conspiracy'.β
βIt's as if you're playing left-handed. Or like everyone else is playing with a tennis racket and you have a salmon.(On performing with an American accent) (2006-08-21), Hugh Laurie plays U.S. doctor on `House', publisher: Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), retrieved: 2006-08-21β
βThey said it was a sitting-room, but I donβt know why theyβd decided to confine its purpose just to sitting. Obviously, sitting was one of the things you could do in a room this size; but you could also stage operas, hold cycling races, and have an absolutely cracking game of frisbee, all at the same time, without having to move any of the furniture.
It could rain in a room this big.β
It could rain in a room this big.β
βInside there was a wall three feet away. And between the wall and the door, in this unbelievably tiny space, a girl in a lemon-coloured shirt sat at a desk, with word processor, potted plant, mug of pencils, furry gonk, and wadges of orange paper. It was incredible that anyone or anything could function in such a space. It was like suddenly discovering a family of otters in one of your shoes.β
βDeath and disaster are at our shoulders every second of our lives, trying to get at us. Missing, a lot of the time. A lot of miles on the motorway without a front wheel blow-out. A lot of viruses that slither through our bodies without snagging. A lot of pianos that fall a minute after we've passed. Or a month, it makes no difference.
So unless were going to get down on our knees and give thanks every time disaster misses, it makes no sense to moan when it strikes.β
So unless were going to get down on our knees and give thanks every time disaster misses, it makes no sense to moan when it strikes.β
βI don't take off my helmet a lot of the time - that's one of the really good things about riding a bike. I can go all over the place and no one knows who I am.(2002-06-13), A brighter life for Hugh Laurie, publisher: thisislondon.co.uk from the Evening Standard, retrieved: 2006-08-21β
βThey do make you less egotistical. I still manage to think about myself 98 per cent of the time, but at least there is a little window where others can impinge.(On having children) (2002-06-13), A brighter life for Hugh Laurie, publisher: thisislondon.co.uk from the Evening Standard, retrieved: 2006-08-21β
βI was only allowed to wear a sock. But the only way to do the shot was to be naked. It's been my worst nightmare ever since the showers at school - I couldn't believe I was living it. (On his role in Maybe Baby)(2002-06-13), A brighter life for Hugh Laurie, publisher: thisislondon.co.uk from the Evening Standard, retrieved: 2006-08-21β
βI would cling to unhappiness because it was a known, familiar state. When I was happier, it was because I knew I was on my way back to misery. I've never been convinced that happiness is the object of the game. I'm wary of happiness. (2002-06-13), A brighter life for Hugh Laurie, publisher: thisislondon.co.uk from the Evening Standard, retrieved: 2006-08-21β
βI know a lot of people think therapy is about sitting around staring at your own navel - but it's staring at your own navel with a goal. And the goal is to one day to see the world in a better way and treat your loved ones with more kindness and have more to give.(2002-06-13), A brighter life for Hugh Laurie, publisher: thisislondon.co.uk from the Evening Standard, retrieved: 2006-08-21β
β(Answering "What made you step up to making your own record?") I felt like I may not get opportunities to do this ever again, so itβs about timeβitβs a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until youβre ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. Thereβs almost no such thing as ready. Thereβs only now. And you may as well do it now. I mean, I say that confidently as if Iβm about to go bungee jumping or somethingβIβm not. Iβm not a crazed risk taker. But I do think that, generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.Hugh Laurie sings the blues, by Sophie Harris, Posted: Saturday September 1 2012 Time Out, New York https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/hugh-laurie-sings-the-bluesβ
βPeople talk about nightfall, or night falling, or dusk falling, and it's never seemed right to me. Perhaps they once meant befalling. As in night befalls. As in night happens. Perhaps they, whoever they were, thought of a falling sun. That might be it, except that that ought to give us dayfall. Day fell on Rupert the Bear. And we know, if we've ever read a book, that day doesn't fall or rise. It breaks. In books, day breaks, and night falls.
In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright and eager, absolutely and positively the last guest to leave the party, while the ground darkens, oozing night around your ankles, swallowing for ever that dropped contact lens, making you miss that low catch in the gully on the last ball of the last over.β
In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright and eager, absolutely and positively the last guest to leave the party, while the ground darkens, oozing night around your ankles, swallowing for ever that dropped contact lens, making you miss that low catch in the gully on the last ball of the last over.β
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Hugh Laurie on Acceptance
βIf you're gonna work for me, you have to be willing to be wrong, willing to lose. 'Cause you just did. You're fired.β
Hugh Laurie on God
βI don't believe in God, but I have this idea that if there were a God, or destiny of some kind looking down on us, that if he saw you taking anything for granted heβd take it away. So he'll be like: 'You think this is going pretty well?' Then he'll go and send down some big disaster.β
Hugh Laurie on Humiliation
βBoxing is fascinating. It's good for the soul to be made to feel clumsy. I swank around during the week thinking I'm a big cheese, but you don't feel like that when you're in the ring with a chap who knows what he's doing. It's ritual humiliation. I'm going to be slugged about and probably killed, but I love it and have to do something to keep fit.β
Hugh Laurie on Night
βPeople talk about nightfall, or night falling, or dusk falling, and itβs never seemed right to me. Perhaps they once meant befalling. As in night befalls. As in night happens. Perhaps they, whoever they were, thought of a falling sun. That might be it, except that that ought to give us dayfall. Day fell on Rupert the Bear. And we know, if weβve ever read a book, that day doesnβt fall or rise. It breaks. In books, day breaks, and night falls. In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright and eager, absolutely and positively the last guest to leave the party, while the ground darkens, oozing night around your ankles, swallowing for ever that dropped contact lens, making you miss that low catch in the gully on the last ball of the last over.β
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Hugh Laurie on Rik Mayall
βA young girl, stricken with terminal cancer, once asked Rik Mayall for an autograph. He wrote: "Young Ones are never afraid."β
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βHe is one of those rare people who manages to be lugubriously sexy - like a well-hung eel. -- Emma Thompson(2002-06-13), A brighter life for Hugh Laurie, publisher: thisislondon.co.uk from the Evening Standard, retrieved: 2006-08-21β
About Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie, CBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer and musician. He first reached fame as a cast member of Blackadder and then as one half of the Fry and Laurie double act, along with his friend and comedy partner, Stephen Fry. From 2004 to 2012, he starred as Dr. Gregory House, the protagonist in the FOX television drama House.