“People assume that I'm very highly trained, that I studied and did years and years of Shakespeare. I have no training whatsoever and I've only done one Shakespeare play at university. If people want to believe that, I'm happy to go along with it.” PeopleIfsWantYearsBelieveDonePlayTrainingAssumingUniversityShakespeare Play Author:Hugh Laurie
“As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we?” PeopleIfsKindPersonsRealLastsHateHouseMinutesHeroDramaMovedTiredRefuseDullImperfectionGood PeopleHeartedReal PersonGood HeartedPerfection And ImperfectionKind Hearted Author:Hugh Laurie
“I grew up with an impatience with the anti-scientific. So I'm a bit miffed with our current love affair with all things Eastern. If I sneeze on the set, 40 people hand me echinacea. But I'd no sooner take that than eat a pencil. Maybe that's why I took up boxing. It's my response to men in white pajamas feeling each other's chi.” PeopleIfsMenFeelingsHandsBitsWhiteGrewGrew UpAll ThingsResponseAffairCurrentsBoxingEasternPencilsImpatienceLove AffairPajamas Author:Hugh Laurie
“Celebrity is absolutely preposterous. Entertainment seems to be inflating. It used to be the punctuation to your life, a film or a novel or a play, a way of celebrating a good week or month. Now it feels as if it's all punctuation.” IfsWayFeelsPlaySeemsFilmUsedNovelWeekMonthsEntertainmentUsed To BeCelebratePunctuationGood Week Author:Hugh Laurie
“I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for.” IfsI CanIdeasSufferingEconomyVirtueComfortPaidEmbraceShakesPsychicsSuccess Happiness Author:Hugh Laurie
“One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me.” IfsChildrenHas BeensJobsThreeGoalProudDelightMy ChildrenPrincipalEmbarrassingSetting Goals Author:Hugh Laurie
“[...] and as I walked, I tried to see the funny side. It wasn't easy, and I'm still not sure that I managed it properly, but it's just something I like to do when things aren't going well. Because what does it mean, to say that things aren't going well? Compared to what? You can say: compared to how things were going a couple of hours ago, or a couple of years ago. But that's not the point. If two cars are speeding towards a brick wall with no brakes, and one car hits the wall moments before the other, you can't spend those moments saying that the second car is much better off than the first.” IfsYearsFirstsWellsMeanDoeStillsTwoMomentsEasySidesHoursCarWallCoupleYears AgoNot SureBetter OffBricksBrakeSpeedingBrick Wall Author:Hugh Laurie
“Newton's Third Law of Conversation, if it existed, would hold that every statement implies an equal and opposite statement. To say that I'd turned the offer down raised the possibility that I might not have done.” IfsDoneMightLawPossibilityOffersConversationEqualOppositesThirdsRaisedStatementsNewton Book:The Gun Seller Source: The Gun Seller
“I 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 he'd take it away.” IfsBelieveKindIdeasDestinySawsDon't BelieveGrantedBelieve In GodLooking Down Author:Hugh Laurie
“Russian vodka is OK if you need to clean the oven. For drinking, it must henceforth be Polish.” IfsNeedsCleanDrinkingPolishOvensVodka Author:Hugh Laurie
“I travel to work on my motorcycle, so it's jeans, boots and a brown Aero leather jacket that weighs as much as I do. If it were black, it would seem like I've got a Brando idea going on, which I don't.” IfsIdeasSeemsBlackBrownBootsJeansJacketsLeatherMotorcycleBrandoLeather Jackets Author:Hugh Laurie
