"Not in a million years," Leonard said when asked whether he'd consider doing another TV show. "Los Angeles is a bleached-out, soulless pit. I prefer stage work, as an actor. I'm pretty lazy. With theater, you get to the theater at 7:30 and you're done by 11, and for me that's nice. Getting up at 4 in the morning and getting home at 7:30 -- unless you're William Randolph Hearst -- that's a little excessive. It's a long, tedious day for me, but having said that, I'm massively overpaid and over-praised, and it couldn't be a better gig."
I loved that soundbite plus I'm wondering if he threw the "having said that" in there as an homage to Curb Your Enthusiasm!
I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if after House he ends up going into a sitcom. Actors tend to enjoy their lives a little more with them. Having said that (heh), he’s very harsh against LA.
Well this season he seems to be getting a break–his character is barely on.
” I prefer stage work, as an actor.”
I guess he also prefers eating cold cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner, because that’s all he’ll be able to afford doing that.
One word: residuals. I imagine he’s also investing the huge paychecks so that he will HAVE the luxury of doing theatre and not minding the relatively lower income.
Laurie Ann, I bet that’s exactly his plan. It worked for a lot of the Star Trek: TNG, DS9 and Voyager actors — 7 years on Trek then back to their first love, theater.
It’s a cute quote but it bothers me because the reality is he probably only has to work 4a to 7:30a once or twice a week. So him saying that makes it sound a lot worse than it is.
Now Hugh Laurie, that guy’s life is probably a living hell in many ways…
Hugh Laurie must make an absolutely insane amount of money.
Last I heard, he (Hugh Laurie) was making $400,000 per episode. Now I don’t know if it was accurate.
Oh, and I forgot to add:
“It’s a cute quote but it bothers me because the reality is he probably only has to work 4a to 7:30a once or twice a week.”
Completely agree. I really don’t think this happens everyday.
I was reading the interview that “Cuddy” made with Ausiello and she said that she had to wake up at 4 a.m. …
Read: ONCE in a lifetime this happens.
The thing is that they have to be on set at crazy hours, and stay there late, but most of the time they’re not needed on set and get to hang out in their trailers. I guess that can be kind of a pain if you’d rather be at home, but it’s not like they’re actually acting for 12 straight hours.
^ I get your point, but come on,4 in the morning everyday??? Impossible. Now, if we are talking about the crew or the directors, well, that’s another story…
I just realized that he was in Dead Poet’s Society with Robin Williams.
If I’m correct, the reason William Peterson left CSI was because he got tired of the long and odd hours shooting episodes, and he also was a huge theater actor as well. He wanted to leave three seasons prior to the date he actually left, but Jerry Bruckheimer and CBS were able to keep him on by giving him a producer credit and allowing him to take an extended sabbatical one season, putting Liev Schreiber in his place as a guest CSI for several weeks.
I thought William Petersen had the producer credit since CSI started?
Also, the CSIs on CSI:Vegas work the night shift, so it has a lot of nighttime location shooting that would require working at odd hours. House is mostly a set-based show, so most of the time it should be filming during regular daytime hours.
No need to sugar coat how you feel about LA Rob. No really, let em know how you really feel! Honestly though I could not agree more. The sooner LA falls into the ocean the better.
The way TV works on Monday you may get up at 4 and be onset early. The union rules are that you then have to get x numbers of rest or off time. So Tuesday, the call time will be something later. Maybe 8 or 9. Wednesday it’s even later and so on through the week. By Friday, call time is late in the day and they are staying late at night. It’s crazy but it guarantees them a certain amount of off time. No way is he having to be up and out at 4 every day. Also I wonder how far he lives from the studio. That is his own choice.
I’m so glad that they are making him work his but off! Cause I love wilson but what’s funny is that in real life Wilson (Robert Sean lenord) is probably more like house than Hugh who actually plays house!
I wonder if off screen they switch roles
Hugh becoming the nice sweet guy and Robert becoming the jackass;p
I’m looking forward to next episode of House and I hope the ratings pick up!
That makes me sad b/c I won’t get to see RSL anymore if he goes back to stage work. I have enjoyed him so very much as ‘WILSON’.
He COULD be just a little gratful for getting paid well and being on such a hit tv show. 82 million viewers world wide!!
I’m pretty sure he meant 4 AM to 7:30 PM.
He was really good in Dead Poet’s Society. I can see him doing feature films and theater after this.