Hugh Laurie gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES - Hugh Laurie, the British comedian and star of “The Night Manager,” “House” and numerous movies, cemented his place among entertainment’s elite Thursday with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. The famously humble, self-effacing actor shifted uncomfortably as he was lavished with praise by longtime collaborator Stephen Fry, “House” creator David Shore and Diane Farr, his co-star in Hulu series “Chance.” “It isn’t a fair world, and my confession is that I’m 57 now and I’ve lived a life of extraordinary good fortune from start to finish, so much so that almost every day I’m anticipating the piano falling on my head to redress the balance,” he said. Laurie won consecutive Golden Globes in 2006 and 2007 for “House” and has seven Emmy nominations, although he has never won. Laurie, sporting a business suit and socks patterned with Britain’s Union flag, spoke of the privilege he felt to be part of an industry which, while at times trivial, could touch and even shape people’s lives across the world. “I have lost count of the number of young people I have met who are either studying or practicing medicine because they saw ‘House,’” he said. - AFP