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Extra love for House MD

“They described House to me as a brilliant diagnostician who was irritable and didn’t like people very much. I thought: how’s that going to work? I’d better get on this Hollywood gravy train early because it’s not going to be around long,” she laughs. “Fortunately, I was wrong. I think because the writing is so good — and Hugh Laurie, obviously.”

She adores Laurie — “he’s so lovely!” — and he’s clearly fond of her, partly as they have something in common (off screen, at least). “His father was a general practitioner who became a doctor as a second career. I think he’s incredibly smart and kind. When I was in California, when my book was first in galleys, I saw Hugh on the set and he said, ‘I’m so enjoying your book.’ I thought: you’re actually reading it! I thought it was pretty unlikely he’d have taken the time.”

Read the full gold interview with her at the times online website.