“Winning a rowing race is not like winning anything else. Here's my theory: you're facing backwards, so you're looking at the people you're beating--and there's something exquisite about that.” PeopleWinningRaceTheoryBackwardsExquisiteRowing Author:Hugh Laurie
“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
“People are falling all over themselves to send you free shoes and free cufflinks and colonic irrigations for two. Nobody ever offers you a free acceptance speech. There just seems to be a gap in the market. I would love to be able to pull out a speech by Dolce & Gabbana.” PeopleTwoSeemsAbleFallAcceptanceOffersSpeechShoesGapsIrrigationAcceptance Speech 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
“Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. You're free of the gravity of what people think.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalHouseMorningAliveDrivingSensesFlyingHillsHeavenlyGravityScentMotorcycleBeing FreeEarly MorningTurned OffBeverly HillsHeavenly Beings 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
“People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you're not looking for it.” PeopleFinding Happiness Author:Hugh Laurie
“Believe it or not, perhaps I don't show it much, or well, but I think I like people.” PeopleThinkingBelieveWellsShows Author:Hugh Laurie
“I think good-looking people seldom make good television. And American television studios almost concede before they start: 'Well, it won't be good, but at least it'll be good-looking. We'll have nice-looking girls in tight shirts with F.B.I. badges and fit-looking guys with lots of hair gel vaulting over things.'” PeopleThinkingWellsGuyGirlNiceTelevisionHairFitStudiosBe GoodShirtsLooking GoodBadgesAmerican TelevisionHair Gel Author:Hugh Laurie
“I think maybe even one of the reasons I became an actor was actually to hide. I mean, it sounds paradoxical because, of course, people are standing up in a public place and encouraging other people to look at them. So that's not the conventional definition of hiding.” PeopleThinkingLooksMeanReasonCoursesActorsSoundStandingDefinitionsHidingConventionalParadoxicalEncouraging Others Author:Hugh Laurie
“One great benefit of not being on TV every week is that people will be a lot less interested in what I have in my supermarket basket. I could even un-tint my car windows - or at least opt for a lighter shade.” PeopleWeekCarTvsBenefitsWindowShadeBasketsLightersSupermarkets Author:Hugh Laurie
“Riding my motorcycle around L.A. is like my own video game. But unlike many folks at the wheel, I am occupied with getting where I'm going and keeping myself safe. Most people are applying makeup, texting, and checking out the beauty in the next car.” PeopleNextGamesMy OwnCarSafeFolksVideoWheelsMakeupRidingMotorcycleTextingChecking Out Author:Hugh Laurie
“I 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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWayGivingGoalKindnessOne DaySittingTreatsStaringTherapyLoved OnesBetter WaysSitting AroundNavel Author:Hugh Laurie
“People are more open about seeking help these days. They recognise the fact that the alternative to having a shrink is that you bore your friends stupid. So I figured that I might as well give someone 100 bucks an hour to hear my woes. At least someone can make a living out of listening to my tedious problems.” PeopleGivingWellsFactsHelpingProblemMightHoursStupidListeningSeekingAlternativesThese DaysBoresWoeShrinksBucksRecogniseTediousSeeking Help Author:Hugh Laurie
“Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. Being House is like flying, too. He's free of the gravity of what people think.” PeopleThinkingHouseAliveDrivingSensesFlyingGravityMotorcycle Author:Hugh Laurie
“To tell you the truth, the older I get, the less I know. I keep meeting people, both older and younger, who seem to have accrued so much more knowledge or expertise or certainty about who they are and the jobs they do. I just marvel at it.” PeopleKnowsSeemsJobsKnowledgeMeetingsCertaintyExpertiseMore Knowledge Author:Hugh Laurie
