Reason 24: His friendship with Stephen Fry
Aside from their working partnership, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie have remained the best of friends for decades. Fry was Laurie’s best man at his wedding and has become godfather to all three of Hugh’s children.
“‘Hugh is my best friend,’ says Stephen. ‘That is what is so pleasing about working with each other. We do it because we enjoy it. We make each other laugh. We couldn’t do it as a job if we didn’t like each other. We see each other a lot in our spare time. Part of the way you write comes from humorous things that happen when you do things together.’”
”It’s as if you don’t realize how much I love you”- Hugh Laurie
“The man is a national treasure. He’s a national treasure and he’s a personal treasure too. I share him with the nation.” -Hugh Laurie
“Hugh is my sergeant major, my matron, my girlfriend, my one night stand all rolled into one. He’s everything to me.” Stephen Fry
“Yes, I mean, they would have met, probably in about five minutes anyway, but I like to think that I myself as having been entirely responsible for the whole Fry/Laurie phenomenon. Um, but of course they would have met because they were… destined always to be friends” Emma Thompson