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
famous says whenever
Whenever someone says to my mum: 'How's your son doing?' she says: 'Which one?' If you're a parent, you're not going to go: 'Oh I'll concentrate on the famous one.'
rebelled
Any pigeonhole is something to be rebelled against.
mistake people
When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
atmosphere coen directors fan great massive recognise
I am a fan of the Coen brothers. I'm not a fanatic. I'm a big admirer. They create unique worlds, and there is a real atmosphere to their films. Not everyone can get that. That's a massive part of their appeal: you can recognise them. Like all the great directors or artists, you know it when you see it.
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.
locking
As soon as you get two actors in a room and they're locking eyes, they're doing a scene.
beatles interest people quite recording seven time vital
I always kind of think if The Beatles were still around now, people would've lost interest quite a long time ago. Seven years of recording - it's there forever. I think not outstaying your welcome is a vital ingredient.
explaining hard loses
It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the telling.
civilian fights god hard life people please sort transition war
Please God, I'll never be in a war zone, but everything I sort of know about people who come back is that it's a hard transition to make. I mean, even if you've not been in a war, even if you've just been in the Forces, you come back and probably have more fights in civilian life.
centered computers endless films programmes
I can live without endless television programmes and films just centered around computers. I can sort of live without that.