This is a GREAT interview - stuff I didn't know before! I didn't think I was at all interested in MvA until now!! I was so suprised when I came to realize that Hugh Laurie was in Stuart Little as well as the dad - long before House, MD. Makes me want to revisit the movie!
he's talking about the animated movie "Monsters vs Aliens", in which he's the voice of Dr. Cockroach. Came out around march-april of 09, right about the time he did this interview (it was part of promoting the movie and all that stuff)
Right. "Now he is the voice of the insect-headed Dr. Cockroach in the new animated film Monsters vs Aliens" at the beginning. Hadn't heard it the first time. Nice interview by the way. Hugh is a nice guy, always doing great in interviews.
@EnigmaDrath wasn't he in black hatter? i just remember in english class, the teacher showed us the episode where they re enacted "the taming of the shrew"
He is the most famous person that begins with Hugh on youtube. Best actor, love his accent, and love his American accent as well. Wow, his pa was near that bastard Hitler!
@EnigmaDrath - You're partly right. The way Hugh Laurie speaks is (roughly) what's known as Received Pronunciation. It's not perfect RP or he wouldn't have sounded any different in Jeeves and Wooster to how he does speaking naturally as that was perfect RP. It can be found all over Britain but most commonly in England, hence calling it an English accent being right. But as the prevailing historical accent of BBC presenters, it's still thought of by non-Brits as a British accent. (cont)
@tiaamacheer he is one of the main characters in Blackadder 3rd (prince regent). But he is in all the Blackadder series' playing different characters. A bit of Fry and Laurie is amazing too.
Now... I'm British and believe it or not, this is my first time seeing one of "Regis(& Kelly)" 's interviews... I find myself rather perplexed as to her purpose beyond general eye-candy. Hugh Laurie was great as per usual though. Going through great strains not to utter coxless pairs.
lol ... you'te totally right, the parenthesis in Regis(& Kelly) is completely appropriate. Regis has actually changed several times of hosting partner... You're comment of coxless pairs was in reference to letterman's interview a few years back right? That was brilliant. Not many people rembember that, but it was absolutely hilarious
@EnigmaDrath - Incidentally, Brits who heard someone speak that way without knowing where they were from would probably call it a Southern accent, particularly ones from the North of England. Then again, I'm from the North so maybe that's why I think that. Btw, I researched most of the stuff I just said in the last 1/2 hour and it's just gone 12:30am here so if I'm wrong, I'm sorry. Kayleigh
ya... When he's filming house he lives in an apartment in L.A. but when he's not filming for House or any other project he's home in the UK.... i believe...
The logic is as follows: Spanish and English are spoken by more non-Spaniards and non-Brits than by the originators. And the way it's spoken has evolved into a common non-standardized dialect that's more popular than the original root language. So when Mexicans/Dominicans/Panamanians/Cubans hear a Spaniard speak Spanish, they hear his "Spanish accent" because it's foreign sounding to them. Likewise when we hear Brits speak English, it's sounds foreign to us - hence the "accent" comment.
@EnigmaDrath Why? Because it IS still English. To distinguish between all the variants of English we say that someone has got a British accent, an American accent, an Australian accent (do you want me to continue?). And you made the wrong comparison I think: to say that someone from Mexico has got an American accent would be like saying that someone from England or Britain has got a European accent.
I wonder if these two presenters, when asked, could tell the difference between English, British, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Great Britain and the United Kingdom...
I'd love to know how he got mono, ( isn't that also called "the kissing disease")?....hmmmm..(looove that guy) ...and just as I typed " that guy" , he said " that guy"...hmmm.
can you do an american accent? like seriously, I had no idea House was British. I also didn't know the guy from 11th hour was British! What other cool guy is british?
@EnigmaDrath Well, there is British English and there is American English- so if you're saying someone speaks BE ur definetely not talking about the ancient Irish or Welsh language- same goes for the accent I guess, so it is kinda logical to speak of a British accent when in fact you mean the English one.
I know but they blatantly tried to get him to say it for a cheap laugh. I think its letterman who asks him the same question and gets him to say it. He avoids it by saying "yes, thats an option, you can tick that box".
nope, not sure what you mean at all. I meant in a letterman interview on youtube (different show) he asks him about his fathers rowing career and what the person in the boat is called, to which Hugh replies, "the cox", which gets a cheap laugh. I was simply pointing out that (IMO) Hugh avoids saying the word "cox" because he knows it will just get a cheap laugh. No offense but I don't know what tangent you were going down.
@TheFever77 Well, our nation was founded by Brits, so it's kind of like looking back to your ancestral roots - politically, if not anthropologically. I mean, today we're of all different races, ethnicities and nations of origin, but the lineage of our democracy flows from England, so there's a sort of subtextual umbilical cord to Mother England in the national subconscious.
What on earth are you talking about??? I can't understand your point. The language is English. British is a nationality of anyone from the UK. When differentiating between the two slightly different versions of English on each side of the Atlantic people often refer to them as British English and American English.
Technically Ireland is not a part of Great Britain and so the term "british" does not include the Irish. It mainly refers to England, Scotland and Wales. Excuse my admitted pedanticism.
@Emmamoo The average American can tell the difference between English and Irish, but not Scottish and Irish and almost none of them even know what a Welshman is, nor what they sound like. I can tell the difference between a Cockney accent and "normal" English (knowing there are several other English accents), as well as Scottish and Irish brogues, but for the life of me, I haven't a clue what a Welsh accent sounds like.
He got SUCH a cheer :)
I freakin love Hugh Laurie!
he is awesome. i would love to meet him. he really inspires me!!!!!!!
This is a GREAT interview - stuff I didn't know before! I didn't think I was at all interested in MvA until now!!
I was so suprised when I came to realize that Hugh Laurie was in Stuart Little as well as the dad - long before House, MD. Makes me want to revisit the movie!
All straightness aside, the man is looking increasingly handsome in his middle age.
i love the fact they played "our house" by madness as he walked in... :D
I watched several interviews with Hugh and it's a bit nervous when he answered the same questions all the time. Great actor :)
hey!! that's right!!! thanks for posting that comment, I totally forgot!!
Happy birthday hugh!
I’m binging both House and Jeeves and Wooster now. I’ll never get my work done.
i love the interview!
This is BEAUTIFULLLL. All thats missing is Lisa Edelstein! :)
I've got mad love for him too!
:P
he's so humble =D
i love him as prince regent in blackadder third!! (and i love my british accent!!)
@EnigmaDrath
THANK YOU! somebody who appreciates geographical accuracy.
he looks tired... poor guy, I hope he gets a break.
he's talking about the animated movie "Monsters vs Aliens", in which he's the voice of Dr. Cockroach.
Came out around march-april of 09, right about the time he did this interview (it was part of promoting the movie and all that stuff)
oh he is adorable!
oooo i do love a bit of laurie . . . and fry of course. they are pure geniuses probably my favourite comedians when they get together
they ask the same frieking questions !
about oxford and cambridge, about his dad being a gold medalyst, about his accent...
Back in the mid 1980's he was in the awesome Blackadder series. You can find many clips of a that on UA-cam as well.
I'm glad to see he's still got the British accent, i would hate it if the american accent started to creep in there.
Happy 50th birthday Hugh!! 11 june 2009
Right. "Now he is the voice of the insect-headed Dr. Cockroach in the new animated film Monsters vs Aliens" at the beginning. Hadn't heard it the first time.
Nice interview by the way. Hugh is a nice guy, always doing great in interviews.
Hugh Laurie is just way too witty and intelligent in this interview for these two amateurs.
@EnigmaDrath wasn't he in black hatter? i just remember in english class, the teacher showed us the episode where they re enacted "the taming of the shrew"
yeahmn, i know , they always ask him the same stupid questions, too bad
I feel bad for him. It must be the millionth time he's told he was a oarsman on a talk show. I'll be pulling my hair out by now.
@EnigmaDrath
I love your comment.
couldnt agree more.
i am loving thia british accent omg itz so cute
He's a very good actor. epsecially to be able to do it in an accent that isn't your own.
He is the most famous person that begins with Hugh on youtube. Best actor, love his accent, and love his American accent as well. Wow, his pa was near that bastard Hitler!
@EnigmaDrath - You're partly right. The way Hugh Laurie speaks is (roughly) what's known as Received Pronunciation. It's not perfect RP or he wouldn't have sounded any different in Jeeves and Wooster to how he does speaking naturally as that was perfect RP. It can be found all over Britain but most commonly in England, hence calling it an English accent being right. But as the prevailing historical accent of BBC presenters, it's still thought of by non-Brits as a British accent. (cont)
@tiaamacheer he is one of the main characters in Blackadder 3rd (prince regent). But he is in all the Blackadder series' playing different characters.
A bit of Fry and Laurie is amazing too.
and Jeeves and Wooster too love Bit of Fry and Laurie Blackadder hes amazing as is Fry too
Lol, love it how they try and get a laugh from the word "cox", but they fail. (1:52)
damn they don't even show that bold spot on house
Now... I'm British and believe it or not, this is my first time seeing one of "Regis(& Kelly)" 's interviews... I find myself rather perplexed as to her purpose beyond general eye-candy.
Hugh Laurie was great as per usual though. Going through great strains not to utter coxless pairs.
You can travel 10 miles in England and encounter a completely different accent.
lol ... you'te totally right, the parenthesis in Regis(& Kelly) is completely appropriate. Regis has actually changed several times of hosting partner...
You're comment of coxless pairs was in reference to letterman's interview a few years back right? That was brilliant. Not many people rembember that, but it was absolutely hilarious
He's so different from Greg House, which only shows that he's good actor.
hahaha your comment amuses me
@EnigmaDrath - Incidentally, Brits who heard someone speak that way without knowing where they were from would probably call it a Southern accent, particularly ones from the North of England. Then again, I'm from the North so maybe that's why I think that. Btw, I researched most of the stuff I just said in the last 1/2 hour and it's just gone 12:30am here so if I'm wrong, I'm sorry.
Kayleigh
All I can say is: welcome to the world outside of USA.
I totally sympathise with Laurie's state of bemusement and discomfort, at this constant merry-go-round of banal presenters and non-interviews.
@VilleLehmus
you mean regis?
Dr. Cockroach ? What was that ? Haven't heard of it. When was the movie released?
ya... When he's filming house he lives in an apartment in L.A. but when he's not filming for House or any other project he's home in the UK.... i believe...
that show reminds me of of rawhide HERD EM UP Move EM OUT !!!!
The logic is as follows: Spanish and English are spoken by more non-Spaniards and non-Brits than by the originators.
And the way it's spoken has evolved into a common non-standardized dialect that's more popular than the original root language.
So when Mexicans/Dominicans/Panamanians/Cubans hear a Spaniard speak Spanish, they hear his "Spanish accent" because it's foreign sounding to them.
Likewise when we hear Brits speak English, it's sounds foreign to us - hence the "accent" comment.
@ptpewner Also they seem to always play the same song when introducing him.
Stephen Moyer (Bill from True Blood) is British.
@EnigmaDrath Why? Because it IS still English. To distinguish between all the variants of English we say that someone has got a British accent, an American accent, an Australian accent (do you want me to continue?). And you made the wrong comparison I think: to say that someone from Mexico has got an American accent would be like saying that someone from England or Britain has got a European accent.
I wonder if these two presenters, when asked, could tell the difference between English, British, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Great Britain and the United Kingdom...
I'd love to know how he got mono, ( isn't that also called "the kissing disease")?....hmmmm..(looove that guy) ...and just as I typed " that guy" , he said " that guy"...hmmm.
hugh is fiiiiiiiit as fuuuuck. i would.
i hope his accent don't change :( he still lives here in UK yea?
I agree with AlrightBert :)
What about British Isles?
after watching House so many times this is really strange to hear.
can you do an american accent? like seriously, I had no idea House was British. I also didn't know the guy from 11th hour was British! What other cool guy is british?
@EnigmaDrath Well, there is British English and there is American English- so if you're saying someone speaks BE ur definetely not talking about the ancient Irish or Welsh language- same goes for the accent I guess, so it is kinda logical to speak of a British accent when in fact you mean the English one.
The amount of times he must've walked out to madness 🤦♀️...I'm sure someone could put a little more thought into this
I know but they blatantly tried to get him to say it for a cheap laugh.
I think its letterman who asks him the same question and gets him to say it. He avoids it by saying "yes, thats an option, you can tick that box".
@TheFever77 Why are British people so fascinated with American people.
nope, not sure what you mean at all.
I meant in a letterman interview on youtube (different show) he asks him about his fathers rowing career and what the person in the boat is called, to which Hugh replies, "the cox", which gets a cheap laugh. I was simply pointing out that (IMO) Hugh avoids saying the word "cox" because he knows it will just get a cheap laugh.
No offense but I don't know what tangent you were going down.
@TheFever77
Well, our nation was founded by Brits, so it's kind of like looking back to your ancestral roots - politically, if not anthropologically.
I mean, today we're of all different races, ethnicities and nations of origin, but the lineage of our democracy flows from England, so there's a sort of subtextual umbilical cord to Mother England in the national subconscious.
@Sickoflifebandleader yh - but ENGLISH as in FROM ENGLAND - calling it 'british' could be taken as offensive to the Scots, Welsh and northern Irish
What on earth are you talking about??? I can't understand your point. The language is English. British is a nationality of anyone from the UK. When differentiating between the two slightly different versions of English on each side of the Atlantic people often refer to them as British English and American English.
... I swear he has a limp. I think I saw him limp. My world is falling apart.
I thought he would come in with a cane...sorry, too used to house.
@ad0460 not a logical comparation... Mexico official language is not the same as USA
Technically Ireland is not a part of Great Britain and so the term "british" does not include the Irish. It mainly refers to England, Scotland and Wales. Excuse my admitted pedanticism.
@Emmamoo
The average American can tell the difference between English and Irish, but not Scottish and Irish and almost none of them even know what a Welshman is, nor what they sound like.
I can tell the difference between a Cockney accent and "normal" English (knowing there are several other English accents), as well as Scottish and Irish brogues, but for the life of me, I haven't a clue what a Welsh accent sounds like.
holy shit he hides his accent good!
Why does this guy keep interrupting him.
Bit rude and incredibly infuriating to watch.
i think he is hot
never knew he was balding