‘I can’t stand it,’ says
@hughlaurie
on watching himself on screen, which he doesn’t do. ‘I’m very self-conscious’ #EdTVFest

‘I thought Veep was the most glorious world Armando [Iannucci] had created,’ says
@hughlaurie
. But the problem was that he couldn’t then watch it

Hugh Laurie compares the current state of the world & politics to ‘The Dress’ - we’re all looking at the same events but only see one thing or another, there’s no halfway #EdTVFest

Hugh Laurie says the sort of grubby, corrupted underworld depicted in The Night Manager is now on the surface & no-one seems to care #EdTVFest

‘There’s often more truth in a joke than in a long dramatic soliloquy,’ says Hugh Laurie #EdTVFest

Hugh Laurie has he never chose to be an actor -‘I still haven’t’ #EdTVFest

Hugh Laurie says it was one of ‘the luckiest days of his life’ when he met Stephen Fry #EdTVFest

Although he does point out he chose to recruit him for a show at university

Hugh Laurie says he read four pages of House & realised the tone of the character the writer wanted. Also, he thought House would be a peripheral figure, not the lead #EdTVFest

Talking about comedy, Hugh Laurie says he could ‘never do stand-up’. He’s ‘in awe’ of stand-ups. Thinks sketch comedy is for younger performers due to how his brain has changed with age #EdTVFest

On his American accent, Hugh Laurie says Americans don’t do American accents well #EdTVFest

Hugh Laurie says House would be in prison or dead in today’s environment #EdTVFest

Hugh Laurie tried to option The Night Manager when the book came out (not that he knew how to do that), because he saw himself as playing the knight in shining armour - eventually played by Tom Hiddleston #EDTVfest

When asked what he wants to do next, Hugh Laurie says ‘Solve problems, I think’. Also talks about new drama Roadkill & 5th Avenue, his upcoming piece with Armando Iannucci #EdTVFest

On directing, Hugh Laurie describes himself as a passive-aggressive control freak & he enjoys directing because he can wear ‘his own clothes’ #EdTVFest

When asked if he’s even avoided a costume, Hugh Laurie says, ‘I try to avoid anything with Velcro’ #EdTVFest

On a reunion with Stephen Fry he says the perpetual delay means that they might never die #EdTVFest