I love me some Dr. House. As it turns out though, his intense demeanor on-screen is very real. He agonizes over every scene, saying, “I’m too neurotic and too anal
and too convinced that we’re going to fail to relax. Every show we do,
every scene we shoot, is a disaster, I’m convinced of it. “I go home at
the end of the day and my head is full of all the mistakes I’ve made.
“I beat myself up about what I’ve stuffed up the day before,” he added.
“I’m looking for things to go wrong. I’m not rejoicing or lying back
and enjoying it.”
The overnight success of the show has 'drained him,' he admitted candidly in an interview with the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Laurie is being treated for "mild depression," and recently took an emergency trip home to London, where his wife, Jo,
and their three children, Charlie, Bill and Rebecca, reside. At the
time, a show rep said that “Hugh had family obligations in England to
attend to, but production is continuing in his absence.”
That's unfortunate, though I'm glad to hear he's managing it. His depth as a character shines through, so it's too bad that he's feeling so poorly about it.
