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
films job remain
There are still things technically about films that I think are a mystery to me and I want to remain a mystery. I don't particularly want to know what everyone's job is because I've got lines to learn.
job love people priority
My main priority in any job is when is the soonest I can get back to the three people I love most in the world.
job
Being an actor is just like being any other sort of self-employed person - we're all just happy to have a job in the first place, but we also thrive off the uncertainty of it.
job life
My job as an actor is for you, so why should my private life be for you, too? That's not fair.
job people
Actors are people who are doing a job they want to do, which isn't the case for many of the people who watch what we do.
jobs believe life-is-too-short
Your job, as an actor, is never to just do what you're told. That's boring, and life is too short. It's your job to bring something, and it will either be to other people's taste or your own taste, and you have to try things out. Actors say, "Well, as long as the director's happy," but I don't believe that and I don't agree with that. I want the director to be happy, but if I'm not happy, I won't sleep at night.
job love supposed
As soon as a job finishes, I am done with it. When I'm really, really enjoying the job, I love the job, I want it to end because it's supposed to.
landing screen
I think when see you a character on the screen who is actually being touched by the world, and the stuff is actually landing on him, it makes you empathize.
sounds
I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.
history
You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.
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.'
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.
suppose
I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.
bit
My mum was Labour-voting, but wanted us to know we were important. Basically, everyone's equal, but you, my children, are a bit better.