LAURIE MOANS OVER HOUSE TALK
NEW YORK -- Hugh Laurie, the British actor who won a Golden Globe for
his role on the Fox medical drama House, says speaking like an American
isn't as easy as it sounds.
"I haven't identified a single word that is pronounced the same in
America as it is in England," the 47-year-old actor tells Entertainment
Weekly magazine in its Aug. 25 issue.
"And that can really take you out of the moment, having to constantly
listen to yourself and check your accent. It makes it harder to immerse
yourself in the scene.
"It's as if you're playing left-handed. Or like everyone else is playing
with a tennis racket and you have a salmon. I moan about it a lot."
Laurie plays Dr. Gregory House, the sardonic doctor who heads a medical
team specializing in the diagnosis of rare disorders at a teaching
hospital.
The third season of House premieres Sept. 5.