Hugh Laurie's Road Trip Ambition

HOUSE star HUGH LAURIE is determined to ride across America on a motorcycle - his final ambition before he turns 50.

The British actor hits the landmark age next year (09) and he insists that buying a vintage motorbike for a road trip across the U.S. is top of his list of things to do.

He says, "I'd like to ride a motorcycle across America, but not just any old motorcycle - one with a sidecar. That'd be fantastic.

"Every day I get a little bit closer to the F-word (50)."

But Laurie admits that despite his advancing years, there are still a lot of professional ambitions he would like to achieve in his life.

He adds, "I don't have a single complete show or movie or anything else that I could look at and say, 'Nailed that one'. But endless dissatisfaction is, I suppose, what gets us out of bed in the morning."