“It's as if you're playing left-handed. Or like everyone else is playing with a tennis racket and you have a salmon.(On performing with an American accent)”

—  Hugh Laurie

Source: [2006-08-21, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/ap_en_tv/people_hugh_laurie, Hugh Laurie plays U.S. doctor on `House', Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), 2006-08-21]

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