Hugh Laurie Worried He's Effing Up His Kids
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Hugh Laurie has revealed that he's worried his fame has screwed up his kids. We like Laurie because he has a way of giving the frankest of interviews, which is rather unusual for the British, who have the tendency to keep things all buttoned up inside.
Laurie and his wife Jo have three children, Charlie, 20, Bill, 18, and daughter Rebecca, 15. Jo and the children live in the UK, while Laurie spends most of his time in LA where "House" is shot. Speaking to the Daily Record, Laurie explained, "It's a very difficult thing. I constantly marvel at how grown-up my children are, how grown-up they're being about this." Laurie calls his children every day before heading to the "House" set.
Laurie continued, "I worry about parenting at this sort of distance, but they are being so generous and so cool about it that - I mean, it might be because they're English, and they won't reveal their psychological damage until they're in their late forties."
Laurie never expected "House" to last as long as it did, and even after five years he's still superstitious about the show's success. Said Laurie, "I'm just convinced that the day we put down a deposit on a house is the day that we get cancelled. It's just inevitable. In fact, the first season I was in a hotel for the first three months because I was so convinced that we were going to be gone. I didn't even unpack. I had a half-empty suitcase. I thought it was going to be any day now... I have an apartment now and they visit and I go back when I can. If we get Thanksgiving off in November, I got four days to go back. I go when I can. There's just a lot of flying."
Hugh admitted he has a difficult job assessing how much damage, if any, his absence is doing to the kids. Said Laurie, "I don't know again because, again, they're English, and they won't tell me. But I think that they're okay with it. I mean, my main goal is just to try and not embarrass them. If I can get away with that then it's okay."
SOURCE: http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=16431
Hugh Laurie has revealed that he's worried his fame has screwed up his kids. We like Laurie because he has a way of giving the frankest of interviews, which is rather unusual for the British, who have the tendency to keep things all buttoned up inside.
Laurie and his wife Jo have three children, Charlie, 20, Bill, 18, and daughter Rebecca, 15. Jo and the children live in the UK, while Laurie spends most of his time in LA where "House" is shot. Speaking to the Daily Record, Laurie explained, "It's a very difficult thing. I constantly marvel at how grown-up my children are, how grown-up they're being about this." Laurie calls his children every day before heading to the "House" set.
Laurie continued, "I worry about parenting at this sort of distance, but they are being so generous and so cool about it that - I mean, it might be because they're English, and they won't reveal their psychological damage until they're in their late forties."
Laurie never expected "House" to last as long as it did, and even after five years he's still superstitious about the show's success. Said Laurie, "I'm just convinced that the day we put down a deposit on a house is the day that we get cancelled. It's just inevitable. In fact, the first season I was in a hotel for the first three months because I was so convinced that we were going to be gone. I didn't even unpack. I had a half-empty suitcase. I thought it was going to be any day now... I have an apartment now and they visit and I go back when I can. If we get Thanksgiving off in November, I got four days to go back. I go when I can. There's just a lot of flying."
Hugh admitted he has a difficult job assessing how much damage, if any, his absence is doing to the kids. Said Laurie, "I don't know again because, again, they're English, and they won't tell me. But I think that they're okay with it. I mean, my main goal is just to try and not embarrass them. If I can get away with that then it's okay."
SOURCE: http://www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=16431