1 00:00:04,059 --> 00:00:10,262 ~ Introduction of band "4 Poofs and Piano" ~ ~ They've Hugh's picture on T-shirt ~ 2 00:00:11,783 --> 00:00:17,190 ~ Band is singing ~ 3 00:00:18,335 --> 00:00:24,933 05.06.2009 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, version 1.00 4 00:00:24,933 --> 00:00:31,322 fogFrog http://www.doktorhouse.net 5 00:00:39,644 --> 00:00:43,360 Shall we have look and see who's in my greenroom this evening, ladies and gentlemen? 6 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:50,399 I'm telling you know, we have got fantastic show this week. My first guest is English actor who's now huge star in the States, 7 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:56,890 It's the grumpy, american doctor in the award-winning House series, Mister Hugh Laurie! Here he is! 8 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:59,631 Hugh! Great to see you here! 9 00:01:02,487 --> 00:01:10,429 We go after him for years! We were trying get you on the show before you're succes again! 10 00:01:10,429 --> 00:01:13,243 Hugh Laurie's on the show, I'm delighted, thank you for joining us Hugh. 11 00:01:15,574 --> 00:01:18,514 We are "2 poofs and a jew". 12 00:01:38,323 --> 00:01:43,216 Hugh, could you please say hello to Stephen? Apparently, you don't call as much as usally. 13 00:01:43,373 --> 00:01:45,276 Hello Stephen, 14 00:01:45,276 --> 00:01:47,859 I'll be home around 10. 15 00:01:49,579 --> 00:01:51,864 Hold on, I'm hearing we have medical emergency here. 16 00:01:51,864 --> 00:01:54,232 Is there a fake American doctor in the house? 17 00:01:54,232 --> 00:01:57,488 If there is, let's get him out. Please welcome Hugh Laurie! 18 00:01:57,488 --> 00:01:58,915 song: Welcome to the House of Fun performer: 4 Poofs and a Piano 19 00:01:58,915 --> 00:02:01,876 # Welcome to the House of Fun # Now I've come of age 20 00:02:01,876 --> 00:02:05,351 # Welcome to the House of Fun 21 00:02:05,351 --> 00:02:08,777 # Welcome to the lion's den # Temptation's on his way 22 00:02:08,777 --> 00:02:11,742 # Welcome to the House of Fun 23 00:02:11,742 --> 00:02:13,852 - How are you? - Great. Great to see you. 24 00:02:13,852 --> 00:02:16,782 - Hugh Laurie. - Thank you. 25 00:02:18,867 --> 00:02:19,771 Hugh Laurie. 26 00:02:19,771 --> 00:02:23,372 Bearded and hunky for your viewing pleasure. 27 00:02:23,372 --> 00:02:28,465 Congratulations on the huge success of House. It’s a massive hit isn’t it? 28 00:02:28,465 --> 00:02:31,846 Thank... you. I don’t know about massive, 29 00:02:31,846 --> 00:02:34,301 enormous perhaps, 30 00:02:34,301 --> 00:02:35,150 immense 31 00:02:35,150 --> 00:02:39,071 but it’s done awfully well and I’m very proud. 32 00:02:39,071 --> 00:02:43,684 It’s not got the same sort of audience as US or same impact yet but it was shown on Channel Five… 33 00:02:43,684 --> 00:02:48,546 And now it’s moved to Sky...er... 34 00:02:48,546 --> 00:02:52,622 - (Audience) One... Sky One - One, hurray. 35 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:59,474 - Well I’m a late comer to it, I didn’t see the earlier ones - Why then, why would that be? 36 00:02:59,474 --> 00:03:05,605 I don’t know, I didn’t know if I’d care for it and I didn’t want to see you make a big tit of yourself if you were rubbish in it. 37 00:03:05,605 --> 00:03:10,222 - I was very similar, in fact more so... - Were you concerned, really? 38 00:03:10,222 --> 00:03:18,279 Of course, except that if it doesn’t work, it never get that far, that’s really the one advantage. 39 00:03:18,279 --> 00:03:21,676 If you do a pilot and nobody likes it you never get to see it so... 40 00:03:21,676 --> 00:03:28,248 - There’s always an unusual medical problem at the heart of the show... - That’s pretty much it... 41 00:03:28,248 --> 00:03:33,496 Well there’s more to it than that and it’s pretty unusual and I like to guess along with it at home, 42 00:03:33,496 --> 00:03:39,837 - to see if I can diagnose these patients correctly... - That’s phenomenal. 43 00:03:40,505 --> 00:03:43,110 - Would you like to know how many time’s I’ve got it right? - Yes, I would! 44 00:03:43,110 --> 00:03:49,916 - Not once! I don’t think anyone could possibly guess it, could they? - It’s pretty obscure stuff, in fact... 45 00:03:49,916 --> 00:03:56,809 In fact, we have had on several occasions stories where they writer has actually got hold of some obscure medical thing 46 00:03:56,809 --> 00:04:03,064 and has called up very brilliant doctors, with very big heads and said, “is this possible, could this happen?” 47 00:04:03,064 --> 00:04:07,786 and he’s talking to a doctor who actually says “I’m gonna have to look that up, I’ve never even heard of that, I’ll call you back”. 48 00:04:07,786 --> 00:04:10,554 - They are that weird some of these things. - That’s what makes it so much fun. 49 00:04:10,554 --> 00:04:15,418 And I was curious to whether you have actually learned much, whether you could, 50 00:04:15,418 --> 00:04:20,002 if someone came to you with a certain set of ailments you could look at them and diagnose them correctly. 51 00:04:20,002 --> 00:04:24,423 - I’d give it a go. - Well in real life do you feel closer to... 52 00:04:24,423 --> 00:04:31,718 Well no you see having a brain the size of a walnut, I can only remember things for about 20 minutes, 53 00:04:31,718 --> 00:04:38,374 when I’m doing the scene, I understand the stuff for about 20 minutes but beyond that it’s gone. I can’t retain anything. 54 00:04:38,374 --> 00:04:43,924 - Which is probably useful, I would have thought because unless you’re actually going to study... - In life, it actually is rather useful. 55 00:04:43,924 --> 00:04:53,609 - And in acting I would have thought as well... - Acting, less so if you’re on stage, for example, if you’ve got to relearn Othello every night but... 56 00:04:53,609 --> 00:04:58,804 - You could just make bits up... - Yes, who’s gonna know! 57 00:04:58,804 --> 00:05:02,730 You’ve got to clear the old stuff off the shelf before you move on. 58 00:05:02,730 --> 00:05:09,412 Do you miss acting on stage, live work like that because I guess this contract ties you up for most of the year, I know you get a bit of film work in but... 59 00:05:09,412 --> 00:05:15,202 - Well I don’t miss plays, I’ve only done one play. - Which one was that? 60 00:05:15,202 --> 00:05:22,314 I did a play called Gasping by Ben Elton. It was at the Haymarket Theatre. I did it for about 5 months 61 00:05:22,314 --> 00:05:28,998 and I thought I was going to go out of my mind. Actually no, wait a minute, I did go out of my mind. 62 00:05:28,998 --> 00:05:34,794 Doing the same things 8 times a week, saying the same words, standing on the same spot, I wanted to put a gun in my mouth. 63 00:05:34,794 --> 00:05:38,578 - It’s not something that you feel is missing in your life right now... - I couldn’t do it again. 64 00:05:38,578 --> 00:05:42,090 I actually started to have out of body experiences. It was really very frightening. 65 00:05:42,090 --> 00:05:47,678 - While on stage? - Yah, I would sort of leave my body and float around the Upper Circle, sit next to people, 66 00:05:47,678 --> 00:05:51,722 - eat their crisps, I mean, really strange. - Have a little chat? - Yeah 67 00:05:51,722 --> 00:05:55,206 - Genuinely, you did feel like you were looking in on yourself? - Yes. 68 00:05:55,206 --> 00:05:59,452 It was actually very frightening. I didn’t want people to think I was losing my marbles. 69 00:05:59,452 --> 00:06:02,337 And did you seek help or did you work through it? 70 00:06:02,337 --> 00:06:10,014 I just, er, seek help? Er, you see, it never even occurred to me that I could seek help! What’s the matter with me? 71 00:06:10,014 --> 00:06:14,644 Ha, it’s too late now of course! Is should have sought help, shouldn’t I. 72 00:06:14,644 --> 00:06:19,833 No, I just thought, this is what stage actors do, this is what you have to go through... 73 00:06:19,833 --> 00:06:27,833 - That’s not normal. - No, it’s not normal but it can’t be normal. There was a bloke who was in Cats, beginning to end 16 years, 74 00:06:27,833 --> 00:06:31,766 doing the same part, as a CAT! 75 00:06:31,766 --> 00:06:36,160 I mean Othello’s one thing, but as a cat! Putting on whiskers every night! Like that. 76 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:42,632 I bet he lives with an old lady now, lots of newspapers stacked up everywhere! 77 00:06:42,632 --> 00:06:49,084 Hey now look, let’s have a look at the new series, this is series 5 and I think it’s already started on Sky One. 78 00:06:49,084 --> 00:06:54,527 There’s already some great plot lines, and there’s already some great stories, as well, involving, 79 00:06:54,527 --> 00:06:59,580 I get the feeling that maybe there may be a bit more of his human side, we’re gonna see more emotions coming to the surface. 80 00:06:59,580 --> 00:07:06,559 It’s possible, it’s possible. The character’s originally based on Sherlock Holmes. 81 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:11,812 He is supposedly, one half of his brain highly developed and the other half much, much less so. 82 00:07:11,812 --> 00:07:18,327 - In the way that some people aren’t connected to their emotions... - Yes, who are you thinking of? I’m thinking of a couple of people... 83 00:07:18,327 --> 00:07:29,136 erm...never mind! But yes, as it unfolds we do get to glimpse what emotional workings he has. 84 00:07:29,136 --> 00:07:34,472 - This is going to seem like a silly question but, he has a limp... - He does have a limp, so far so good. 85 00:07:34,472 --> 00:07:37,410 - And which leg is the limp on? - On his right leg. 86 00:07:37,410 --> 00:07:43,366 - Do you ever forget which leg is meant to be limpy leg? - No. 87 00:07:43,366 --> 00:07:48,146 - It was a silly question. - Well it didn’t exactly fly did it? 88 00:07:48,146 --> 00:07:56,053 I wasn’t able to come out with my famous right leg anecdote! Where I do the voices and everything. 89 00:07:56,053 --> 00:08:02,329 No, I don’t forget that partly because in my head I make it hurt. It does hurt. 90 00:08:02,329 --> 00:08:04,725 - You actually make it hurt? - Yes I do, it does hurt. 91 00:08:04,725 --> 00:08:10,400 - You don’t put something in your shoe to make it, er...physically make it hurt? - No, because that would be just a cheap trick. 92 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,849 No I actually just, it actually just sort of, I er, er, to me it hurts when I’m doing it. 93 00:08:13,323 --> 00:08:18,992 It’s one of the biggest hits on American television and it deserves to be an even bigger hit here than it already is. Have a look at this: 94 00:08:19,237 --> 00:08:22,985 - Stop the chemo. - She's getting better. Bradycardia's improving. We didn't need... 95 00:08:22,985 --> 00:08:26,307 - She has bruising? - She was pounding her legs during the hallucinations. 96 00:08:26,307 --> 00:08:29,141 It's not lymphoma. 97 00:08:29,141 --> 00:08:34,200 Hey, no. No, no no. 98 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,677 My bad. Thought no meant yes. 99 00:08:38,677 --> 00:08:41,954 Those aren't bruises. They're mycobactarial lessions. 100 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:44,999 She has diffuse Lepromatus Leprosy. 101 00:08:44,999 --> 00:08:48,217 Must have caught it on one of her overseas estrogen tours. 102 00:08:48,217 --> 00:08:51,454 Chemo wipes out some of the bacteria, she feels a little better. 103 00:08:51,454 --> 00:08:54,082 Wipes out most of her immune system, she gets a whole lot worse. 104 00:08:54,082 --> 00:08:57,690 Leprosy? Like where my limbs fall off? 105 00:08:57,690 --> 00:09:01,487 Actually, this is the flattering one. It's also known as "pretty leprosy". 106 00:09:01,487 --> 00:09:04,419 It doesn't disfigure, it makes your skin look younger, smoother. 107 00:09:04,419 --> 00:09:07,440 Don't let the girls hear. They'll want to lick your face. 108 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,907 Unless you're that kind of feminist. 109 00:09:10,907 --> 00:09:14,511 Blast her with antibiotics and prednisone. She'll be fine. 110 00:09:14,511 --> 00:09:17,514 Damn, it's after 4:00. I'm late. 111 00:09:19,542 --> 00:09:20,909 Hugh Laurie, 112 00:09:20,909 --> 00:09:25,589 in the award-winning, hugely successful House, as House. 113 00:09:25,589 --> 00:09:28,084 What’s going on with the beard, Hugh. 114 00:09:28,084 --> 00:09:31,561 You don’t have the full beard as House, you have the kind of lived-in look. 115 00:09:31,561 --> 00:09:32,599 The lived in look, yeah. 116 00:09:32,599 --> 00:09:36,024 But here you appear to have what appears to be what’s going on to become like a kind of amish person. 117 00:09:36,024 --> 00:09:38,448 Yeah, er, it’s something I wanted to try... 118 00:09:38,448 --> 00:09:42,005 grew it because it was there. 119 00:09:42,005 --> 00:09:45,111 Er, it’s a mask of manliness. 120 00:09:45,111 --> 00:09:48,223 There we have the beard wearer extraordinaire. 121 00:09:48,223 --> 00:09:53,838 I know, when I realised that Le Beard was going to be here 122 00:09:53,838 --> 00:10:01,777 I felt a little bit nervous. We gonna have a beard-off...I don’t even know how that would go... 123 00:10:01,777 --> 00:10:08,260 It would awful when we sit together for a photograph later on and you two got stuck together like Velcro. 124 00:10:08,260 --> 00:10:13,379 Well that’s always bad! Beard or no beard. 125 00:10:13,379 --> 00:10:18,301 - Am I right in thinking that your father was actually a doctor? - He was. 126 00:10:18,301 --> 00:10:22,854 Does that help you paying House or is it so far removed that it isn’t even a factor? 127 00:10:22,854 --> 00:10:31,740 It helps in that I have a huge amount of respect for the profession of medicine, reverence almost, 128 00:10:31,740 --> 00:10:41,686 for people who study, who work hard, empiricists who examine things, who come up with theories as to why the world is, why the human body is the way it is, 129 00:10:41,686 --> 00:10:47,729 and who don’t latch on to easy things but actually work hard to find out the truth. 130 00:10:47,729 --> 00:10:51,759 I have a great deal of respect and that probably did help, 131 00:10:51,759 --> 00:11:00,331 I mean I came to it with a feeling, er, it’s a pro-science show, a pro-reason show and I came to it with that. 132 00:11:00,331 --> 00:11:04,197 Timely comments for this week. 133 00:11:04,197 --> 00:11:07,793 I don’t know what that means. Is there an anti-reason show? 134 00:11:07,793 --> 00:11:11,974 - Stephen has just signed a big petition, speaking out against certain... - Stephen? 135 00:11:11,974 --> 00:11:15,717 - Fry - Fry! Fry. Yes, yes...no I didn’t hear about this 136 00:11:15,717 --> 00:11:19,066 - You didn’t hear about this? It’s all over twitter! - Is it? 137 00:11:19,066 --> 00:11:27,355 - You are not a twitter person? - I’m not a twitter person Jonathan, no. I’m more of a shh person! 138 00:11:27,355 --> 00:11:34,293 I’ve subscribed to this Shh network where you write something down but don't send it anywhere. 139 00:11:34,293 --> 00:11:36,935 Because I’m all for silence, I’m all for silence. 140 00:11:38,118 --> 00:11:45,365 - You’ve finally committed to living in America for this series. - Yes, well, I’m there 9 or 10 months of the year, 141 00:11:45,365 --> 00:11:51,807 so yes I did eventually buy a house in America with the family coming back and forth all the time. 142 00:11:51,807 --> 00:11:54,686 They gonna move and stay out there with you or they gonna continue to caravan it. 143 00:11:54,686 --> 00:12:01,284 Well no, probably not. They’re in school here and university here 144 00:12:01,284 --> 00:12:05,239 and they have friendships and relationships and they play in bands... 145 00:12:05,239 --> 00:12:10,888 - It must be quite tough on you I would have thought. - It is, it is. It’s weird, 146 00:12:10,888 --> 00:12:16,876 it’s a bit like an oil rig. It’s not a bit like an oil rig so why would I say that, I’ve got no idea what an oil rig is like. 147 00:12:16,876 --> 00:12:20,184 Although there would be lots of other men with beards on an oil rig... 148 00:12:20,184 --> 00:12:23,197 you could tell your family that’s actually what you’re doing. 149 00:12:23,197 --> 00:12:30,310 Yes, yes, but er, why would I do that again? 150 00:12:31,069 --> 00:12:34,348 I don’t know if it’s in your contract but presumably you have to keep in pretty good shape, 151 00:12:34,348 --> 00:12:36,234 I mean, it all rests on you to a large extent. 152 00:12:36,234 --> 00:12:40,834 I have to be whip cord taught at all times. 153 00:12:40,834 --> 00:12:42,418 - Supple? - Yes. 154 00:12:42,418 --> 00:12:46,100 - What regiment do you follow? - I box. 155 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:51,042 - What, box against other people? - Yes, small children, 156 00:12:51,042 --> 00:12:57,408 ideally, of about 8, no more than that. Well actually no, I’m not aloud to spar. 157 00:12:57,408 --> 00:13:05,880 I started sparring a bit and I turned up to work one Monday morning with a black eye and a fat lip and it didn’t go down very well. 158 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:10,435 I’m sure there’s some small print, or probably even pretty big print actually. 159 00:13:10,435 --> 00:13:14,755 What a bout biking then because I know you love motorcycling. 160 00:13:14,755 --> 00:13:18,437 I know you were not addicted but it was a big pleasure for you. Are you aloud to ride your bike? 161 00:13:18,437 --> 00:13:25,446 Well, I just didn’t ask the question. So I did it and I’ve been doing it for 5 years now. 162 00:13:25,446 --> 00:13:33,715 And when they realised that the show is going quite well and they would rather I didn’t fall off and break a leg, 163 00:13:33,715 --> 00:13:36,078 by then it’s too late. 164 00:13:36,078 --> 00:13:40,010 - Do you miss doing comedy, Hugh? The broader stuff. - Putting on funny wigs... 165 00:13:40,010 --> 00:13:43,709 - And voices. - Funny voices, well I’m sort of doing a funny voiceo. 166 00:13:43,709 --> 00:13:47,762 - Well, the accent’s very good and is one other things that sells it to people. - Oh well you’re very kind. 167 00:13:47,762 --> 00:13:54,152 Well doing a Scottish accent like that for a whole show is pretty tough. Because you’re not Scottish are you? 168 00:13:54,152 --> 00:14:00,368 Well no, I’m not. That was good, I liked that! 169 00:14:00,368 --> 00:14:02,669 Let me ask you, do you miss Stephen Fry, 170 00:14:02,669 --> 00:14:06,902 because your partnership, it was more than just a convenient on screen partnership, 171 00:14:06,902 --> 00:14:08,165 this was a deep and true friendship. 172 00:14:08,165 --> 00:14:11,155 It is a deep and true deep friendship and we’re very very close and continue to be so. 173 00:14:11,155 --> 00:14:16,810 No, I see him all the time, I saw him yesterday and I’ll see him tomorrow and we email. 174 00:14:16,810 --> 00:14:26,458 - We don’t t-wit each other. We do everything else, you know, letters... - Do you actually write letters? 175 00:14:26,843 --> 00:14:33,404 No, actually, I can’t say that, it’s simply untrue! But also, it’s a fantastic thing because 176 00:14:33,404 --> 00:14:41,173 he’s actually playing a role in a show called Bones which films 50 yards away from where we make House. 177 00:14:41,173 --> 00:14:46,902 So when he’s over there he stays in my house and we go to work together and eat cheese sandwiches together, 178 00:14:46,902 --> 00:14:50,953 er, no we don’t do that either, it’s all lobster over there! 179 00:14:50,953 --> 00:14:57,807 No, it’s lovely and we sit there in the gorgeous California sunshine and reflect on our amazing good fortune and 180 00:14:57,807 --> 00:15:02,366 and don’t think that we take it for granted for one second we don’t. 181 00:15:02,366 --> 00:15:05,865 It is an amazing thing and we’re both, I think, very appreciative. 182 00:15:05,865 --> 00:15:10,017 Weird for him to appear in House? Would that be strange for a British audience or would it be strange... 183 00:15:11,019 --> 00:15:19,973 He did threaten that he would sort of wangle his way in. You know, come on with a man with two limps. 184 00:15:19,973 --> 00:15:24,381 We had this idea actually one time 185 00:15:24,381 --> 00:15:29,785 because the character’s based on Sherlock Holmes, and Sherlock Holmes, which is such a brilliant idea 186 00:15:29,785 --> 00:15:38,290 that the cleverest man in the world had a cleverer older brother, Mycroft, so we thought there could actually be an equivalent of Mycroft. 187 00:15:38,290 --> 00:15:45,519 That when House gets absolutely flummoxed by a three-pipe problem he has to go to his older brother to get the solution. 188 00:15:45,519 --> 00:15:48,248 It could happen one day! 189 00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:54,653 Can I just mention the fact that we should convey our congratulations and Happy Birthday 190 00:15:54,653 --> 00:15:58,958 to a heavily-bearded Hugh Laurie, because he is approaching a landmark birthday, 191 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:06,357 - next Thursday, I believe. - Yes, it is, next Thursday, I will be 50 years old. 192 00:16:06,357 --> 00:16:13,079 - Still fit as a butcher’s dog! - Honestly! It was nothing! 193 00:16:13,079 --> 00:16:15,478 Still alive! 194 00:16:15,478 --> 00:16:21,218 I wanted to get you a special present, so I looked into it 195 00:16:21,218 --> 00:16:27,058 - and I asked around to find out what you would really love. I know you play the piano... - Right. 196 00:16:27,058 --> 00:16:31,808 - And I’ve been informed that you’ve always had your heart set on a Steinway Grand Piano. - Yes. 197 00:16:32,163 --> 00:16:36,274 Ok, so over here we have, we can move this thing here... 198 00:16:36,274 --> 00:16:43,285 I know, it’s extravagant and I know it’s crazy but for you Hugh... 199 00:16:43,285 --> 00:16:55,890 We have a baby version of the Steinway Grand Piano, there you go! And a little chair to go with it. 200 00:17:04,766 --> 00:17:09,681 That’s beautiful. I’m very, very grateful. That’s fantastic. 201 00:17:09,681 --> 00:17:12,918 No one goes home empty handed! 202 00:17:12,918 --> 00:17:15,301 Ladies and gentlemen, Mister Hugh Laurie. 203 00:17:15,301 --> 00:17:18,875 Thank you so much, 204 00:17:18,875 --> 00:17:24,654 I don’t know what to say. Thank you, thank you very much. 205 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:44,383 Mister Hugh Laurie, ladies and gentlemen! 206 00:17:47,626 --> 00:18:04,194 ~ Further shots of Hugh and bits of Dustin Hoffman's interview where he mentioned Hugh (without subtitles) ~ 207 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 05.06.2009, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, version 1.00 fogFrog, http://www.doktorhouse.net