Fabulous Article From the House Press Tour!

Folks, this one really is worth reading in its entirety! Usually, I try to pick out the most interesting parts or the most relevant parts of an article and give you the excerpt, but this one’s hard to do. The whole thing is great! I’ll give you a taste, but then you really must go read the whole thing!

After Fox’s “House” press conference yesterday, a few of us went up to talk to Hugh Laurie afterward, and he delivered a pretty stunning insight into the secret of making his cranky and misanthropic character likable.

He started in an unexpected place, then went somewhere great: “One of my favorite moments in ‘Star Trek’ is when Captain Kirk looks out over the vast cosmos and says ‘The three most beautiful words in any language are-’, and of course your heart sinks because you think it’s going to be ‘I love you’ or something, and he says, ‘Please help me.’ What a fantastic idea, that vulnerability and need is a beautiful thing. And actually House is a character in need – of human contact and some kind of redemption – and I think that ‘Please help me’ aspect is an important element of the show.”

_{Thanks so much to Aaron for the tip!!}

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