And why is it that straight guys are allowed to think that two women together is hot but straight women are not allowed to think that two guys together is hot? That is just SO true.

To alleviate my boredom this evening I thought I'd share a couple of oldie but goodie quotes from Laurie & Leonard about the H/W relationship. From Entertainment Weekly summer 2007 Q&A with RSL: Interviewer: What's impressive about your acting on House is that you could so easily be the always-perturbed guy going, "Hou-ouse!" But you manage to make it understandable why these two would be friends. RSL: I feel like that guy all the time. I always feel like, everyone on every television show is tired of something with their character. What I like about Law & Order is it's kind of the same every week. That's what TV is. Someone once explained to me the difference between a procedural show and a character-driven show: they were talking about Law & Order when Elizabeth Rohm was on. He said, ''I can explain to you what it is in one question: Do you care if Sam Waterston sleeps with Elizabeth Rohm?'' I said, ''No, not really.'' And he said, ''It's a procedural.'' And he was right. If Sam Waterston's character slept with Elizabeth Rohm's character, I honestly wouldn't want to know about it. I'm much more interested in getting back to the crime. I think House is a weird combination. That might be one of the reason it works on some level. I don't know any other show that's both. It really is both. It's not Grey's Anatomy, it's not a nighttime soap. It is a procedural. There is a sausage-grinder of a routine we go through every week. There are four acts, or three. Something's wrong, we get it wrong, we get it wrong, we get it wrong, and then at 9:47, we get it right. It's clearly a procedural show, but the characters are pretty interesting for a procedure. I'm the guy who's always telling him what he's doing wrong. I feel a little bit like the frustrated wife or something. But these two guys are very mysterious to me, their relationship is very weird. Maybe that's one of the reasons it works. I like Hugh a lot ,and I love what he does on the show. I feel quite peripheral to it sometimes, and that might be another reason it works. I just come in and check things out every few scenes. From the Backstage West Q&A with Hugh Laurie: Interviewer: I want to ask about working with the other actors on the show and this ensemble that you've created. Did those relationships just develop naturally? They feel very organic. I'm thinking specifically of your interaction with Robert Sean Leonard. HL: Yes. Well, this is an interesting thing. I don't know whether these things happen, this is just another example of sheer luck - or whether they are so fiendishly clever, the producers of this show, that they could actually predict, "Oh, he's a type 41, he'll go very well with a type 37. They'll match." Because right from the moment I first met Robert we absolutely, we felt sort of...kindred spirits, in a way. And I've always enjoyed - you know my favorite days are getting to act with Robert. And I don't get enough of them, frankly. And of course Robert's character of Wilson, I'm absolutely sure, is going to develop hugely over the coming months and, if we get the chance, seasons. I secretly predict it'll end up being all about Wilson. Because he's such an enigmatic character. He's superficially normal - he wears a protect protector and he always has a neat tie. But he is a very enigmatic, complicated character and he plays him so well. And we've had just such good times. The only thing that slightly upset me about Robert was that he took - he's even more depressive and pessimistic than I am. The first time we went out to dinner with the whole cast - I normally take that role, I'm the sort of Eeyore. And here I was where the man sitting to my right was out-Eeyore-ing me. So suddenly I was like Coco the Clown. It was so unnerving. And I still haven't been able to wrest that position away from him. He's very...well, he's not depressive, but he's always, you know, that whatever happens will be the worst of all possible worlds. But he's so intensely intelligent, funny and well-read and thinks so hard about what he does. And we do have a very good time.

I found this part very interesting "And of course Robert's character of Wilson, I'm absolutely sure, is going to develop hugely over the coming months and, if we get the chance, seasons." I just hope HL is right on the money. Does this mean we'll also get more House/Wilson?

awww. :wub: I swear, I don't think I've ever read the second one.

I forgot to date the Backtage West Q&A - it's from January 2006, so in the middle of the second season. So don't get your hopes up that we'll get a lot of Wilson if we get the rest of a fourth season, as those comments are a bit outdated. Though HL was right in that Wilson did develop a lot, namely in the third season. So that's interesting that he either guessed all along or had some pretedermined knowledge. Because I don't think even into the second season anyone would really have described Wilson as complicated or that we would get a hint of a "darker side." I don't think it was until "House vs. God" (aired April '06) that there was a concrete, "Woah, Wilson, you're kind of messed up on a level beyond the lovable cheating cad" moment. Though according to David Shore, Hugh has consistently been fascinated with Wilson and always wants to know more about that character, so it's apparently a continuing thing with him. awww. I swear, I don't think I've ever read the second one. You wouldn't - AFAIK there's no transcript of the Backstage West Q&A anywhere. The lovely marykir has audio recordings of the talk on her website, and I just transcribed that specific question and answer about Wilson. Hugh talks at length about House, but Wilson and Robert are the only other characters/costars he mentions by name. Though he does add that generally the cast is "ridiculously happy" with each other and the love is fairly sickening.

You wouldn't - AFAIK there's no transcript of the Backstage West Q&A anywhere. The lovely marykir has audio recordings of the talk on her website, and I just transcribed that specific question and answer about Wilson. Yep, that would explain it. :) I love how those two always speak so glowingly of each other. Though according to David Shore, Hugh has consistently been fascinated with Wilson and always wants to know more about that character, so it's apparently a continuing thing with him. Who can blame him? How can you not be intrigued by Wilson? How can you not want to know more about him? Okay, it's possible not to care, but not for me.

I love how those two always speak so glowingly of each other. I always kind of feel bad for HL on Inside the Actors Studio, where he says RSL is "an absolute and pure delight, and I'm sure he wouldn't say the same about me." James Lipton wants to know if he's serious and he says yes, "he'd find some caustic way of making me sound like a complete idiot, which I probably am." Aw, which is so not true! I've seen RSL do nothing but rave about Hugh as an actor and as human being in interviews - and RSL doesn't strike me as someone who is easily impressed or who freely doles out praise.

My absolute favourite H/W RSL quote is "at the risk of spreading even more wildfire rumours, I don't see what's so unattractive about House..." Followed shortly by "some people ask me, Oh, why does Wilson want to hang out with House so much?’ and I’m like, ‘You idiot.’ House is designed to be attractive!" I think some of the reason H/W has so much wonderfulness about it IS the chemistry between the actors. It's the same when Hugh works with Stephen Fry... the relationship just has that extra bit more depth, it's a bit more believable... you love it even more :)

It never occurred to me that he meant it like that. I think he was talking about RSL's sense of humor (e.g. I stopped listening to you about 2 minutes ago or when HL said modeling was much harder than it looks, saying that he had made that obvious.) And I thought that sense of humor what a large part of why HL thinks he's an absolute and pure delight. Yeah, I agree, but still Hugh made it sound like it wouldn't just be a joke, but that he's really certain he's terrible to work with. Lipton even asked, "Are you serious?" and he said he really was, that he is a pain in the ass. Which is actually the complete opposite of how Robert and all his other co-workers have described him, and it made me feel kind of sad that Hugh would automatically think he makes their working lives miserable. RSL does have a very snarky sense of humor but he's never struck me as mean-spirited, and he's always been sincere about how much he likes Hugh. But it's definitely a part of Hugh's thing. Along with his absolute refusal to believe he gives a good performance - I think it's the Chicago Trib interview where RSL says Hugh beats himself up about his accent all the time and constantly disparages his performance ("and by the way, underline this three times, he's completely wrong", RSL added). Stephen even said once he feels like half his life has been spent trying to increase Hugh Laurie's self-esteem.

DrSpaceman thank-you so much for transcribing those quotes :heart: What a generous way to alleviate your boredom!

Thank you so much for the transcript of the second Q&A, DrSpaceman! I've never read it before and it's adorable! And when did Mr. Shore talk about HL's fascination with Wilson? I'd love to know more about that.

My absolute favourite H/W RSL quote is "at the risk of spreading even more wildfire rumours, I don't see what's so unattractive about House..." Followed shortly by "some people ask me, Oh, why does Wilson want to hang out with House so much?’ and I’m like, ‘You idiot.’ House is designed to be attractive!" Yes, House is designed to be attractive albeit in an "unattractive" kind of way IMO, if that makes any sense at all... :oops: And I don't think it should be so surprising that Wilson wants to hang out with House because a)either they are opposites and opposites attract or b) they are more alike than they let us see, in which case they deserve each other. I guess that how you decide to look at it, depends on what you think makes a relatioship work... The bottom line is that they fit well toghter both as characters (which is what I'm interested in) and as actors, and me, I'm OK with that.

And when did Mr. Shore talk about HL's fascination with Wilson? I'd love to know more about that. Oh, you would ask, wouldn't you! :) I'll have to go hunting for that as I honestly can't remember where it's from. But it was basically the same thing Hugh said, including DS saying that Hugh "always jokes the show is secretly about Wilson and is going to end up being called 'Wilson.'" I just know it wasn't at the Paley Center, which is where IIRC RSL made the joke that he'd only do a spinoff if he "could hook up with Julie Christie, and it would be called 'Wilson & Mrs. Miller.'" Which is the type of adorable and random reference RSL is famous for (McCabe & Mrs. Miller has nothing to do with with medicine, nor even a TV show, but is a Robert Altman western from the 70's.)

Hee... I had to ask because I always had the impression - probably false, I admit - that DS isn't particularly invested in Wilson's character. I don't recall any interview in which he talks about Wilson, unlike Doris Egan who repeatedly says how interesting she thinks Wilson and his relationship with House are for the show. But, please, don't miss your Sunday looking for it... I'll never forgive myself :wink: Oh, I'm getting old! I saw that movie with Julie Christie and Warren Beatty! Not when it was released, but still... :o