Hugh Laurie has told interviewers he doesn't watch House and can talk about the show only in terms of the scripts he reads.
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Not only did Hugh Laurie take up the sport of boxing to stay fit and because he enjoys it, he believes it is a good way to keep his ego in check.
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So he may stay in touch with his children in England while he is in California, Hugh Laurie uses the internet. He has a camera on his computer and can "see" them everyday.
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Hugh Laurie has always been an avid motorcycle enthusiast. When he got the role on House and moved to Los Angeles, he purchased a black Triumph Bonneville motorcycle.
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Hugh Laurie auditioned for his role in House M.D. via a video shoot in a hotel bathroom in Namibia, where he was shooting the film Flight of the Phoenix. At the time, the producers were completely unaware that Hugh was English.
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Hugh's birth name is James Hugh Calum Laurie.
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In 2005, Hugh Laurie won the Television Critics Association Award in Individual Achievement for Drama.
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Hugh is an accomplished musician, and performs as a keyboardist with the rock band Poor White Trash.
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Hugh's son Charlie calls him padre (father in Spanish).
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Appeared uncredited on an episode of Friends (The One With Ross's Wedding) speaking with his natural accent.
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Hugh Laurie's favorite American television shows are Arrested Development and American Chopper.
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Appeared on the Whose Line Is It Anyway? radio show, but did not appear on the television show.
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At the 2006 Golden Globes pulled three names from his pocket of people to thank.
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The Washington Times has described Hugh Laurie's performance as DrGregory House as "perilously close to perfection"
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He went to Eton and then to Cambridge where he studied anthropology and archaeology.
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Hugh Laurie's father was a physician, and Hugh was quoted as saying he feels guilty for getting paid more for pretending to be a doctor than his father did for being one.
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Hugh was featured in a layout in the December 2005 issue of In Style magazine. He was quoted as saying "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."
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He is a big fan of Clint Eastwood.
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His father, a member of the British rowing team, witnessed Adolf Hitler refusing to give Jesse Owen a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Munich.
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