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
fashion spots miles
I can spot someone with similar fashion sense to me a mile off.
disappointment thinking actors
I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.
stupid ignorance long
Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
comedy
Comedy can't be about continuous success.
ducks findings bits
It's a bit like a fledgeling duck, finding your flippers.
white mind black
I have a very extreme state of mind. Things are very black or very white.
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.
disappointment comedy familiar
There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It's something we are all too familiar with.
trying directors throwing
However happy the director is, I have to be okay with it. I'm pretty strict with myself, about throwing things out or trying to be true to whatever the situation dictates.
writing good-writing
Like with anything, good writing suggest itself pretty strongly.
ideas two humans
I like the idea of not everything happening between two human beings to be everyone's property.
children men jeans
When I wear jeans I want to look like a man, not a child.
contempt familiarity
I guess like any friendship, marriage, or whatever it is familiarity breeds more contempt, and more love. They're just more settled with each other now.
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.