Oh, I'm so sorry! I just meant that if she only liked the show for House and Cameron, with Cameron gone it makes sense that she doesn't like it anymore! I guess I chose the worst way to put it...
Thank you itissunny. It's nice to hear his voice. :)
And thank you hughsblues and Elompanti for Meat Loaf interview.
In relation to Hugh's anxiety, here is Hugh interview on Vanity Fair Italia, #4 Feb. 3 2010. (I translated it from Italian. Please excuse my English. The grammar mistakes and awkward expressions are mine, not Hugh's!:D)
Q: The experience doesn't count?
"Of course, it counts. But the anxiety on the set never abandons me: If I had studied (acting at some prestigious school like others), maybe, it wouldn't be so."
Q: And how do you overcome the anxiety?
"Besides the liters of vodka? I try not to take the routines. If I start the scene watching this painting, next time I start watching the lamp (Hugh looks up, then pause), which, incidentally, is extraordinary ugly. It seems stupid, but enough to distract from the anxiety. Some time ago, I read that in order to think quick and efficiently, you should stroll walking backwards: the brain works better because, by associating walking backwards with a dangerous situation, it keeps all the senses on alert."
Q: Have you tried it?
"I'm not that crazy."
On Vanity Fair Italia, there were two big photos from spring 2008 (can't remember the name of the magazine, but cleans shaven, white shirt & grey suit...that we must all know), and one page interview. Most of the Q & A are not new: about his father and medicine, about new season of House (season 6), about his book, etc.
Ah, Hugh misses the blood pudding. This may be new. :)
Q: Besides the family, what do you miss about GB?
"The blood pudding, you know the sausage made with pig blood? All other things, you find them anywhere now. Unfortunately, I'd say. Look Facebook: once, to meet your friend, you had to go see him, now, any more. The world has shrinked, and this is a very sad thing. "
to21be- 02-07-2010
Oh, lots of lovely Hugh stuff today. :D
Thanks, for the link to the interview, itissunny! Like zumi said, it's good to hear his voice.
The Harley or the Triumph, depending on whether he feels more American or British on a day... so cool! And good for him to put British flags all over the place. One has to have small reminders of home.
And thanks for the translation zumi! (How many languages do you speak? wow!)
Shudders at blood pudding, even though I shouldn't. God knows Germans eat disgusting sounding dishes sometimes.
ETA: Just listened to that radioberlin interview with Meat Loaf (thanks for the link hughsblues). First time the interviewer pronounced Hugh with a 'g' at the end, I thought it was just a mistake from reading off her notes, but she did it twice. How can one not know how to pronounce the name Hugh? It's not like there haven't been a bunch of famous Hugh's around.
filmlover- 02-07-2010
Thanks for the links!
I agree that it was great to hear Hugh's voice during the French interview.
And good for him to put British flags all over the place. One has to have small reminders of home.
I agree.
Poor Hugh for being so nervous at the recording studio.
Think Hugh is watching the super bowl?
luna_argentea- 02-08-2010
Thanks itissunny and zumi.
I came across the Vanity Fair Italia interview recently, saw the bit about the blood pudding and wondered how on earth he could miss it. I find the mere idea of it disgusting! I'd have thought the lack of it in LA was a good thing. What with missing blood pudding and putting up union flags, I hope he's feeling all right. :)
Anyway, there was a discussion a while ago (IIRC on this thread) wondering why The Gun Seller wasn't available in Brazil yet, considering the popularity of House in Brazil. Well, now it is! Here is a short article in Portuguese, including a picture of the cover of the book, O vendedor de armas.
fadedflowerchild- 02-08-2010
Luna: I always thought that the 'missing the blood pudding' comment was him being facetious.
luna_argentea- 02-08-2010
I hope you're right. I did wonder if he was joking (and hoped he was!). It's not always so easy to tell in print, is it? It does seem a bit incongruous that he would miss blood pudding and yet otherwise have such refined aesthetic sensibilities (mentioning the "extraordinarily ugly" lamp, for instance, and saying his ideal restaurant would be Italian with truffles).
Namaste- 02-08-2010
There's nothing wrong with blood pudding. (And I say this as a vegetarian.) Chef/writer Anthony Bourdain has waxed poetic over them multiple times. It really is possible to love both rustic sausages and truffles, y'know. And blood pudding is fairly standard traditional English fare. It would be the same as a New Yorker loving dirty water hot dogs or missing your local burger joint when you're away from home for a long time. (And I really can't imagine that there are many places in LA that do blood puddings, so there probably aren't many real substitutes.)
DOB1234- 02-08-2010
It's just a kind of sausage, isn't it, and Hugh has commented before on how much he loves sausages. I'm sure he wasn't joking at all. The name 'blood pudding' sounds strange to those of us who aren't used to it, but I guess it sounds ordinary to a Brit.
I love sausage too. :D
fadedflowerchild- 02-08-2010
Forgive me DOB 1234, but describing a blood pudding as 'just a kind of sausage' makes my very British, sausage-loving heart quail! Let me assure you that very few Britons, or even Scots, have ever attempted to eat it.
faust76- 02-08-2010
Forgive me DOB 1234, but describing a blood pudding as 'just a kind of sausage' makes my very British, sausage-loving heart quail! Let me assure you that very few Britons, or even Scots, have ever attempted to eat it.
Really? "Blutwurst", as it is called in Germany, is a very common food here and nothing special. At all.
fadedflowerchild- 02-08-2010
Forgive me DOB 1234, but describing a blood pudding as 'just a kind of sausage' makes my very British, sausage-loving heart quail! Let me assure you that very few Britons, or even Scots, have ever attempted to eat it.
Really? "Blutwurst", as it is called in Germany, is a very common food here and nothing special. At all.I think it belongs with that group of foods which earlier generations devised to make the most of every scrap of available protein (very eco- friendly as it happens) in harsh economic times. Haslet, pigs trotters and brawn (jellied brain) would be some examples. It is 'traditional' in Namaste's sense but in the way that a bowler hat is traditional, rare and outdated.
The variety of German sausages is vast and they are very tasty!
euphrosyna- 02-08-2010
Forgive me DOB 1234, but describing a blood pudding as 'just a kind of sausage' makes my very British, sausage-loving heart quail! Let me assure you that very few Britons, or even Scots, have ever attempted to eat it.
Really? We eat it in Ireland all the time - I don't personally like it, but it's a common breakfast food. We usually call it black pudding though, which makes it sound nicer. Maybe Hugh meant a sausage though, and it was mistranslated (not by you, Zumi but by the person who translated what Hugh said into Italian.).
fadedflowerchild- 02-08-2010
Forgive me DOB 1234, but describing a blood pudding as 'just a kind of sausage' makes my very British, sausage-loving heart quail! Let me assure you that very few Britons, or even Scots, have ever attempted to eat it.
Really? We eat it in Ireland all the time - I don't personally like it, but it's a common breakfast food. We usually call it black pudding though, which makes it sound nicer. Maybe Hugh meant a sausage though, and it was mistranslated (not by you, Zumi but by the person who translated what Hugh said into Italian.).It's interesting that Ireland shares the cold meat at breakfast tradition with other European nations. Cold beef used to be eaten by the rich here in the 18th cent.
On topic though, maybe I was just wrong and HL is a blood/black pudding lover :)
