Hugh Laurie - Inside the Actor's Studio (Part 3)

[lucymcgillicuddy14]

The part about his mother's death is the most touching.

[1CrEiGhToN8]

rick mayall

[vengfulvalo]

The actor who played drop dead Fred was rick mail or something like that I can't remember as Its like 4 o'clock

[xXStrWbrrYsToneXx]

2:19 he looks a great deal like the actor who played Drop Dead Fred. =D

[lavinia6]

I really don't understand how he can get so personal, too personal, how dare he ask Hugh Laurie about his mothers death, and how he felt towards the matter, and then throw the fact that he didn't cry about the death right at his face, I mean, that is just too much. That is a situation that has nothing to do with his acting, I mean come on, have some respect for people. Are the actors aware of these questions? Because honestly, it is way too personal, and honestly they have no right.

[Raven87]

@lavinia6 There are some tough questions, you're right. But I'm sure Hugh knew what the show was about (Inside The Actor's Studio is about interviewing actors about their whole life, including personal moments) and he surely got warned about the kind of questions he was going to be asked.

[moviecrazy01]

I'm so disappointed that A little bit of Fry and Laurie was never mentioned :(

[AdobeExcel]

Is 'misery addiction' really Calvinist?

[poetryiscool]

@007Crusoe wow that may be quite insightful . . . : o

[biwood2003]

To all Americans, Hugh Laurie in Blackadder. The last Blackadder ever made has been voted the best ending to any show on British TV. I don't know if you can appreciate it, but is def. worth a watch!

[Fodedor0]

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[Fodedor0]

After all, is he a atheist or not?

[colossus4764]

Hugh Laurie is my idol. Does anyone know if he has been offered some major movie roles in Harry Potter, etc.? Can't imagine anyone NOT wanting Hugh Laurie in a movie.

[mangahead1]

@colossus4764 Harry Potter is completely finished. They aren't making any more films of it.

[Delta1382]

@mangahead1 I think what they meant was if Hugh was offered any of the roles in the Harry Potter films

[mangahead1]

@Delta1382 Ohh! Sorry, my mistake! I'm sure he has loads of roles coming his way, but because he's under contract to finish the 8th season of House first, he'll not be in any films..yet!

[colossus4764]

Hugh Laurie is my idol. Does anyone know if he has been offered some major movie roles in Harry Potter, etc.?

[xdomaraqx]

2:50 - Beethoven.

[DroidBeetleBatallion]

to be fair , i still have issues seeing rowan atkinson speak

[muzzy2222]

a Amazing man who makes me feel proud to be British and English he is the perfect Englishman in me eyes acting and brilliant feeling and unexplicable feeling crazy feeling and crazy living and can not be happy and need some help i can relate to his feeling and i can relate to him to me the perfect man for no reason other than he is imperfect that is English to the core its all about fighting for good when are individual lives are so mad they are crazy still we fight for good :)

[nipun6]

A lot of these questions seem extremely intrusive. More so considering he's answering in front of a large crowd of people...Interesting that he'd be willing to go full flow with the interview.

[00s00m]

The two women in the front row look like they're having hot flashes, and they're probably in their early 20s.

[NikolitaNiko]

Wow, I've never heard Rowan Atkinson speak before.

[Aivottaja]

Lipton's cool and all, but he has a tendency to break a nice stream by asking an awkward question.

[ZalRB1]

@Aivottaja I was just thinking that. It's a little awkward watching Hugh answer questions about his mother and then Lipton asking a question about comedy right after.

[olincka]

weird.. misery - a known, familiar state.. I felt (feel) the same way for so long.. but couldn´t expres it so well as he did.. he´s just great..

[kanupriya17]

@olincka exactly how I feel.

[DanGerMiel]

Hey native speakers: 2:28 What the hell IS a "rotten barrow"? I mean, I can't even google it properly. I don't have the slightest idea of how to spell it :D

[diamond1897]

@DanGerMiel google rotten borough.

[lomax343]

@DanGerMiel A rotten borough was - before the reforms of 1832 - a parliamentary constituency which was effectively in the pocket of a small number of individuals. MPs could be effectively appointed rather than properly elected.

[mgbradshaw1]

The thing I HATE about American audiences is the screaming. There is no need for it. Just applaud for fuck sake.

[GothicLoser411]

@mgbradshaw1 IK! i also hate the stupid whistling they do and WOOOING. Americans are so attention needy,& feel a need to express every feeling they have.Golly.

[sparkkle2]

Depression hits many people many different ways.... I can tell you, I've gotten depressed to being bored of everything. Or, bored to the point of depression.

[4stephkim4]

I understand the "known familiar state". It hurts my heart to know that so many of us in this world suffer the grips of depression.  The feeling of boredom is dead on.

[Cml725]

Did anyone else like his performance in Stuart Little?

[ninjakick1983]

it was heartbreaking when he was talking about how he felt when his mother died. You can see his pain...

[tutus4life]

I think he uses the experience of depression and the loss of his mother as a base for Dr. House and how he expresses that coldness of the character. he is brilliant

[kingofmonra]

The bbc wanted to cancel black adder, and monty python, shows how crap bbc is.

[redhotchiliesfan123]

@kingofmonra Have you ever seen Blackadder Series 1? I think even he would say it wasn't all that

[tiptoe221]

Most comedian types are depressive types. After all, he said his mother didn't like him. What a burden to carry around for life.

[CharL3igh]

Good interview. I love Hugh Laurie. Especially his show with Steven Fry. Fantastic. He is so talented and hilarious!

[DelusionalDreamers]

I kinda wonder if the reason he didn't cry when his mother died is because he feels as though he deserves the inner pain of not being able to release the feelings seeing as he feels that he let his mother down and that he shouldn't be allowed to feel the release. It may even be a way to remember her and hold her in his heart though obviously in a more painful and abstract vision. :/

[DelusionalDreamers]

Why does the mean man keep twisting his finger in the wounds of Hugh Laurie's family? D:>

[dantesinporno]

@MuninRaven As America's duly appointed commissioner of celebrity related transactions I have the authority to broker such an accord, however we are going to need Nigella Lawson in exchange. Also, someone really needs to collect that chickenfaced harpie and her soccer playing husband, we are running out of stray cats and woodland creatures to feed her.

[jmewhit]

its nice to get a background knowledge on a actor but limpton does pry into his private life a fair tad too much

[alsko31]

"I would cling to unhappiness because it was a known, familiar state. When I was happier, it was because i knew I was on my way back to misery..." Fascinating

[adam0900909]

This right here is *the* example of how to interview someone. Not pussyfooting around over sensitive issues, being confident in asking the questions but now insensitive. Professional is the word I'm looking for here.

[LazzloK]

I think he shouldn't have brought up his mother.. It's kind of a personal story ... :-s I feel sorry for Hugh... It's a difficult theme that this idiot asked about ... If I were in Hugh's place I wouldn't answer the questions...

[chrisofnottingham]

Hugh's book, The Gun Seller, is probably my favourite book ever. It's like the Bourne Identity with laughs and I must have read it about a dozen times.

[TaffyRaphie]

can someone explain what calvanist means? not sure what it is so sorry if its spelled wrong.

[feasible]

@TaffyRaphie Google search "calvinism" - the wikipedia page which should be the first result explains what it means.

[MuninRaven]

Hey America, can we have Hugh back now? We miss him dearly. I recognise we owed you something after unleashing Victoria Beckham on your shores, but then again, you guys dumped David Blaine on us so I think we're roughly even now. :)

Seriously though, I'm glad he went to America because he was able to break free of his own stereotype and give us a wonderful character in House. I doubt he would have had the opportunity to do that on British TV.

[GillTav]

@MuninRaven You can't have him back! He's ours now! Mwahahahahahah...

[ocerg1111]

@MuninRaven Possibly, but as an American fan of Doctor Who if you wanted him back so he can be the next Doctor I'm all for it.

[Skrawlx]

@MuninRaven Dear England,

You may have him back. He is a great actor but we do owe you one. After releasing Mc Donalds and other fast-food chains on your shores. By the way can you help us with that?

Sincerely,

America

[PyroclasticMind]

i really like this show somehow, he is a good interviewer and he doesn't interupt, but he can break tension and be serious. I also recomend his interview of dave chappelle.

[thanx4life]

i never killed anyone but... WHERE DO THE 4 DISLIKERS LIVE???

[TheChemi]

7:22 is a house face without the beard;)

[TheChemi]

awe hugh im crying right now i never thought hugh would make me cry hes so real about everything

[PurushaDesa]

Can anyone familiar with Calvinism attest to that 'misery addiction' ringing true?

[aortasuds]

I keep expecting him to cry during this.

[mmgringoire2]

Hugh Laurie is brilliant and Blackadder is Rowan's greatest comedic achievment. Absolutely wonderful.

[jackarse8]

This is more like a therapy session than an interview

[crazypianolady]

It struck me when Lipton says 'you've said "i would cling to unhappiness because it was a known familiar state" because I feel that way too. And I don't think that's a particularly sad thing, just some people feel safer like that.

[hugorneto]

My God! Mr. Bean is talking!

[apbnielsen]

The interviewer is an idiot. Poor Hugh. What's with those personal questions?

[KimDavidsonMusic]

@apbnielsen It's part of the "classroom," which is what the whole interview is about. It's a lesson for the students at the New School. Actors very commonly come from difficult emotional backgrounds, and it's a way of letting the students in the audience, who are about to embark on this VERY difficult career (most of them will never have the success of Hugh Laurie, etc.), know that from any kind of past, success may emerge. 

[natmanprime]

@KimDavidsonMusic hmmm... one can take a very cynical approach to this...it's a bit too convenient for getting good gossip and pulling skeletons out of closets without fear of offence.

[durge666]

@apbnielsen That's what James Lipton does. He asks questions to paint a detailed picture of the life of whoever he's interviewing. The whole thing is designed to show the audience who these famous celebrities really are.

[DontBotherTETRiS]

@durge666 Well, it's not just to show who they are as a private person but more how they became what and who they are and maybe to teach the students something that they can use in their acting career.

[migletoskas]

I did't liked those personal questions about his mother...it's so touch...

pure Hugh...

[derdriui]

At 1:47 or so, what does he say? 'the last one of which I happen to..."

[xVancha]

@derdriui "the last one of which I happened to, er, play a role".

[pirates09rock]

Ok I have to say it, this interviewer is crap.... Yes we'r learning alot about Hugh but the guy so unemotional!

[bergenxx]

@pirates09rock You know hes 84 years old right?? And also, this is how he has interviewed for decades.. If you learn to know him a little better you will change your mind

[bushibayushi]

'he's dead sir" ahahahahah :D

[theteabandit]

this Lipton guy is about as charismatic as a pebble. he asks these rather personal questions without the slightest bit of sympathy nor emotion.

[americanu197]

its a bit striking here how much his life resembles house's they bith had brilliant fathers that was hard to live up to they were both depressed and probably very lonely becuase of the cold attitude of their parents and i think lipton is trying to emphasis that

[Suju4]

Whoa the actor of Mr.Bean!

[juzt156]

@Suju4. Or Rowan Atkinson as he is known.

[Strifus]

If Hugh didn't want to answer, he didn't have too.

[PopeKurt]

wow, some of you people are blowing the questions way out of proportion, and subsequently giving Hugh too much credit. He obviously made peace with the relationship he had with his mother, and there was nothing to indicate that his "depression" was anymore than a sign for him to look for who he was; he was "bored" but yet not bored. He needed a new way to look at life, and to identify those feelings.

You people are far too emotional to judge these kinds of discussions.

[zeemcd]

yeahhh liptons never gone overboard before that ive seen but here hes def scratchin the surface here.

[iluv2blabla]

Although I believe it to be necessary to address important issues like depression, I find this invasion of his privacy quite distasteful. He is a celebrity, because he is obviously a multi talented person, but that does not mean that all the details of his personal life should be on public display, especially something so sensitive as his psychological problems or relationship with his mother. It was completely unnecessary, but wonderful as Hugh is, he handled it, again, with amazing style

[LeSwed]

@iluv2blabla I agree to what you say about this matter, I do.

However I feel the urge to "point out" a few things.

Mr. Lipton is not trying to put a stamp or mock Hugh with these questions, he is as gentle around the subject as Hugh is in his responses. Lipton is merely reading info off a bunch of cards that some random guy has "hacked" from i.e google to inform and give a thurugh presentation of Hugh as the amazing and multi talented person that he is.You could say he is a chipped diamond

[AnnaSmee]

Inside the Actor studio is to get "inside" the actor. He should have expected such questions.

[sizzlefizzle69]

ditto

[indianajoe219]

I have batled clinical depression as well and I never heard anyone else discuss the boredom feeling he described. It is very strange to experience if you have.

[Dlark17]

@indianajoe219 Really? That's a pretty common symptom of depression, just an utter lack of want to do anything, apathy. That's always been the giveaway for me when I'm feeling truly and deeply depressed, and I've had plenty of doctors and psychiatrists warn me about it, so I'm surprised you haven't.

[whde2000]

@indianajoe219 I would guess he meant apathy, sometimes you can't describe the feelings you have and not being excited or concerned when seeing two cars crashing and bursting into flames and wondering why could make you think boredom.

[ryankhan11]

woah stephen is so skinny and lanky

[Zymbrul]

6.55 - What a mechanical reaction! It`s like female version of Lenin laugh(better under high pressure).

P.(a)S.

People are shocked when they`re hearing, about them idol, such miserable details. I think he is a great character who create the greatest character.

[derdriui]

Nice try, Hugh!

[derdriui]

Ahahah specifically not mentioning season three?!

[tinwen21]

No child should be treated coldly for whatever reasons and no adult should "cling to unhappiness" as to only familiar thing. It is so sad, so horrible, it's killinig me. But as I understand it, his mother turned out to be clinically ill. Not that HL is any better & happier for that.

Anyway, thank you SO MUCH for uploading this interview.

[pausebeforeviewtube]

"a bit of fry and laurie" is so good. it's strange they don't talk about it more.

[HahaIPownedYou]

when he talks about depression and they said "when i was happy it was only because i knew i was on my way back to misery" it reminded me of the line that kurt cobain wrote which is "i miss the comfort in being sad" from the song *Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle*

[jinofthethunder]

i didnt know america knew about blackadder

[waRr3nxx]

heck yes. far more than you may think.

[jinofthethunder]

than why is everyone shocked when they find out hes english lol

[JamesBond2777]

Rowan's face at 2:51...LMFAO

[wilco9971]

they really could have got a better blackadder clip than that

[vampyminx]

Wow. I adore him and I love to learn so much about him but ffs respect his privacy a bit please. How nosy were those questions??

[typ044]

I agree 100%. There is no reason to bring up painful personal memories.

[naishjam]

@vampyminx I never quite agree with these kinds of comments, even in the case of someone as lovely as Hugh Laurie. You go on a show like this, you expect to be asked some personal questions about your past.

[StreghetteXXX]

I love him.

[lickstickly]

better known as rowan atkinson, you know he has done a lot of other things far better than bean

[miauband]

Cannot stop laughing x =D

[love2blame]

Interesting how he said he never shed a tear after his mother's death and then actually wipes his eye after Lipton asks him the next question. Sad.

[StLucifer21]

he does that eye thing rather often in interviews and not even when they're talking about his mother

[MrSalamander7]

"I just got so bored with my own diary that I found myself just making stuff up."

funny.

[kinokokoro]

Actors come on the show under the premise that they will not be "pre-interviewed", in the sense that questions are not given ahead of time and thus have their content censored. If anything, ITAS is a chance for actors to be as open and spontaneous as possible without scrutiny of a critical media eye. And its for education, so it ultimately aims to TEACH, not by digging up trashy tabloid news. That is why I so thoroughly enjoy every interview. It makes them all human.

[crotchet66]

The interviewe is an a******... is he interested in the actor and his career or the personal stuff which is only relevant for The Sun????

[MrSalamander7]

Yeah. That stuff about Hugh's mom was really fucked up.

[herogna]

Hi's privat life afect hi's acting and hi's choises of characters. Hugh is an amazing actor and the way he open's up makes hi'm hounest and a great actor. It's been prooven that manny commedian's have had a rough childhood

[crotchet66]

His private life, as far as he is alive, is neither my business nor yours.

[PedanticAndWhimsical]

Beautifully put.

[herogna]

it's hi's chois if he decide to tell him about it. The host doesnt know more than his acting carrear

[crotchet66]

Have you even watched the video, mate? He knew that the mum was a b***! Isn't that knowing more than "hi's acting carrear"? Sorry, but I think you didn't understand the video... oh, and please, learn some English.

[LeftyHandedGuns]

@crotchet66 The entire point of Inside the Actors' Studio is to get an inside look into the guests' lives. If Hugh Laurie had been unwilling to discuss or disclose these details, he wouldn't have come on the show. So in a way, he has made his private life open to the public. Only parts of it, really, but what he has disclosed is what he's comfortable disclosing.

[MrSantaClaws1001]

@crotchet66

It is my personal business.

[Shinganzer]

@crotchet66 you say that, and yet here you are watching part 3 of a show where he shares his private life :-/

[thabetalqasir]

@crotchet66 you are absolutely right, what a mistake the host did

[herogna]

i'm 13 years old and from norway, what more do i need to write crapy english?

[tubreeze]

I feel kinda angry that this whole interview is so probing. It's like authorized paparazi. It's obvious how uncomfortable Hugh Laurie was throughout the interview. He was trying to make the whole thing lighter with jokes. Simultaneously funny and scary..

[TheHobophobic]

That's what all of the ITAS interviews are like. James Lipton doesn't fuck around. Agreeing to be on this show is like being read your Miranda rights. But odds are anyone agreeing to appear knows what they're getting into and have agreed to be good sports and answer questions. I find it refreshing to see an interview that isn't just a shameless plug for a new project where the host is just a grinning yes man that lets the guest do all the talking and brings up nothing relevant or interesting.

[bhlaab]

You also have to keep in mind that everything that's brought up has been publicly said by or written about the guest already. It's not like the show hired a private investigator to go through hugh laurie's garbage bins.

[ImeldaLumos]

I understand how you think, because I actually thougt the same about this, when I first watched it. I found the interviewer cold and dismissing. But the more I watched, the more I understood the brilliance of it too. I'm not saying the same thing will happen to you.

But actually, the programme is well-known, and so is the interviewer, with all his mannerism. Hugh surely know what he set about, when he agreed on doing an interview with Lipton. Laurie always looks uncomfortable doing interviews.

[KAB628]

Does anyone know the "circumstances of his son's birth"?

[jibberjabber]

out of wedlock.

[tragic1Kingdom]

i would guess they weren't married.

[rose62467]

This is probably the most personal interview of Hugh that I Have ever seen. This is also my favorite interview of his.Very personal, especially when he explains why his mother turned cold toward him.

[EuthanizeReligion]

Holy shit James Lipton is 82.

[gabysol89]

wow, i can't just ow much he opened up. he really shared a lot of very very private matters...

[thesencho]

Heh, I didn't realize he was 82 either. He and Dick Clark have a good dealer.

[youvebeenthunderstru]

And Jerry Lewis.

[watsername93]

Wow this part of the interview is quite personal.

[garancevn]

i agree when he talks about his mother and his wife, etc...it's so sad

[JohnnyZenith]

NO WAY IS HE 82

[journalcrazy07]

That's what I always felt 7:14 .

[DeathBringer769]

How is James Lipton freakin 82..

[soyouwantacookie]

ha. I love stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. :)