Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor, best known for portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office, Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock, Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series Fargo...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 September 1971
CityAldershot, England
people
People misunderstand me.
thinking acting knows
Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.
style mods sensibility
Being a mod is more of a sensibility than a style.
comedy
Comedy can't be about continuous success.
fashion spots miles
I can spot someone with similar fashion sense to me a mile off.
ends
I was probably cool around the end of 2002.
cutting thinking hands
On the one hand, we're constantly told about recycling and cutting back, and on the other hand we have to buy the next gadget that comes along three weeks after the last one you bought. It's absolutely insane. We've been suckered into buying and buying and upgrading and upgrading. We're being given two very different mantras at the moment, I think.
disappointment comedy familiar
There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It's something we are all too familiar with.
scales plumber ifs
If you are a plumber, you can work on a shed, or you can work on a mansion. It's just scale.
dad children special
You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.
years interviews gone
I've been doing interviews for years, and in all that time, I've virtually never read one and gone, 'Yep, factually and tonally that's exactly what happened.' Pretty much never.
world outside-world
I like out, I like the outside world.
cds dvds people
I buy DVDs. I don't really buy CDs unless they're for other people.
good-night ideas best-night
My idea of a good night out is staying in.