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
shakespeare
I've tried not to treat Shakespeare as a marble giant.
predicted
'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around the series.
sounds
I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.
partly
Half of us are partly German! Half our language and culture, generally, in Anglo-Saxon terms, is German.
suppose
I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.
bands creature hard maybe
If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that. I've never been to a festival. I'm a creature of habit, mashed-potato comfort, I like rugs. Our sofa's squishy. Maybe too squishy - it's hard to get up sometimes.
acting easier good react
Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.
exist great movies television
Television is where the great movies that used to exist have gone.
asked good house seen time
On the surface, you think you wouldn't have to think at all about being asked to play Bilbo in 'The Hobbit.' It's not prison; it's a good gig. But you know it's going to take a long time, and it does. There are times when you thought: 'Gee, I've not seen my house for months.'
envied god people slightly
I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to you, going, 'Hey!' - because they're scared of you.'
accent work
I've not been called on to do a lot of accent work.
breeds friendship love marriage
Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything.
pretending
I enjoy fighting scenes. I like fighting in film. I like pretending to fight in films.
god people
Like, honest to God, I don't expect people to be into what I'm into.