Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE, is an English actor, writer, director, musician, singer, comedian, and author. He first became known as one-half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his friend and comedy partner Stephen Fry, whom he joined in the cast of A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Blackadder, and Jeeves and Wooster in the 1980s and 1990s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth11 June 1959
CityOxford, England
jobs mean bad-jobs
Just because it's a bad job doesn't mean I need to do it badly.
winning race people
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.
people finding-happiness
People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you're not looking for it.
ready
There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.
pain way events
Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in whatever way you can.
love-is feelings arbitrary
Love is a word. A sound. Its association with a particular feeling is arbitrary, unmeasurable, and ultimately meaningless
opportunity tomorrow better-tomorrow
Every day is the opportunity for a better tomorrow.
fall blow piano
Death 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.
kindness thinking goal
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.
growing-up thinking waiting
I think that’s the lesson you learn in life. As you get older you realize you’re never going to grow up and you’re never going to be ready. And you may, as well, do things now, don’t wait
able exciting liberating
To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting.
coffee fanatics
I am a coffee fanatic. Once you go to proper coffee, you can't go back. You cannot go back.
thinking hard-times waiting
It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.