Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Pretend time's been going on long enough.Dr. Gregory House: I don't have a medical license. All I can do is pretend.Dr. Lisa Cuddy: And I'm going to have payroll send over some pretend checks starting tomorrow.
Nobel invented dynamite. I won't accept his blood money.
Fake low blood sugar - now THAT'S acting!
So his life of filth wasn't the problem. The clean living was.