I was in the hospital recently and one night when I couldn't sleep, I watched a bunch of Houses back-to-back. It is a truism that alot of doctors, very good at what they do, when going through their medical studies, kind of forget about learning the social graces, tact, or the niceties that make for a well rounded person. The nurses came in and out and would watch for awhile, and we dished on all the area doctors. Some fun!
He and Stephen Fry had a show on Brit tv for a while that was very funny, they also did a series called Jeeves and Wooster that shows up on PBS. Did you see Laurie on Craig Ferguson's show, very funny guy.
I read online about Hugh Laurie feeling that he had mentioned his depression at some point and felt a bit embarrassed about having revealed it.
I don't know if I know a highly creative person who doesn't battle depression at some point. I don't know if he feels embarrassed or that he's just being British; I think it's relevant for him to discuss it.
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Now that you mention it, I've never known anyone that was highly creative that didn't have depression. I don't say struggle with it because I discussed this with a highly creative friend who goes through bouts of depression. She said that she doesn't "suffer" from it, it's just a part of her, like her green eyes. She maintains that it is society that seems it as a problem and that's the reason that it's so much more of a problem today than it was at other times in history.
