3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie I don’t have a single complete show or movie or anything else that I could look at and say, ‘Nailed that one.’ But endless dissatisfaction is, I suppose, what gets us out of bed in the morning.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie Some people are drawn naturally – there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie I hate menus, I hate choosing food. I just want to be brought. Bring me dinner!
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you’re not looking for it.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It’s about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie I feel like I’m working on an oil rig right now. I’m away from home a lot.
3 December 2020 Hugh Laurie My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven’t fallen since.
