French GQ

AreKay Love the photo - just need the English translation of the article!

Roo016 It basically says- He agrees to so few interviews but he said yes to GQ France, a name with a certain “reputation and regard among the French” for having read and received to great acclaim his book (Everything is under control, a whodunit parody, translated in 2009 and published by Sonatine. He meets us in a modest diner in Hollywood, not typical of interviews with stars that usually hold interviews in 5 star hotels in Beverly Hills. Doctor extraordinaire and misanthrope in House, Hugh Laurie is THE British idol in Hollywood. When he approaches in washed out jeans and a plain long sleeve T-shirt, one gets more the impression of meeting an old friend than the best paid actor in a drama series (400,000 dollars per episode according to TV Guide. HL orders a milkshake, which he then wolfs down. Inspired, he starts to sing Led Zeppelin “Listen to John Bonham on the drums, that, is good.” but as he down-plays the number of moments of visible happiness, that will be all for now. The saying about money and happiness seems written for him, because the actor, now entering into a full seventh season of the hit fox show, has an air of torment. He flops down on the table, and blurts out that he hates to be photographed, referring to the photo sessions for our cover, during which he grabs a bottle of brandy after 3 hours of shooting, maybe to indicate that it’s the end of a long day. To get caught on photo “it’s like stealing a part of his soul”. Contemplating the pinkish liquid, plenty of Chantilly in his glass “not so French” it slips that he undoubtedly chose the wrong profession. The celebrity returns to alertness. On his motorbike he prefers to run a red light than be besieged by pedestrians. One hour later he dashes of to lend his voice to an animation film. (it then goes on to talk about his past, the usual stuff) His sketches with close friend from Cambridge Steven Fry shown on BBC in the 1990s. Known for episodes of depression, you will never see how happy he is to receive an award, despite two golden globes he says ironically “I’m speechless literally, I’m without a speech”. Raised in oxford, born in 1959, last of four, father was a doctor, married 20 years (etc) He arrived to Hollywood late, his studies far from cinema (anthropology at Cambridge, where he Joined the footlights) a career in comedy in England, it’s finally his talent and ability to trade a British accent for a Yankee one that earned him his breakthrough there.

AreKay Thanks, Roo016!