“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
“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 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
“They, all of them, work incredibly hard to make me seem clever and heroic, neither of which I am.” HardSeemsCleverHeroic 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
