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
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.
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.
life love none people
There are about 20 people in my life that I want to love me, and none of them are the 'Daily Mail.'
absolutely comics currency endless fantasy geeks people popular revenge truth
With superheroes and comics and fantasy and sci-fi being absolutely the popular currency in cinema, it's like people have said in endless magazines, it's the revenge of the geeks and all that. There's some truth in that.
drive friendship people time
I think people just like seeing friendship. I think people like seeing people who just drive each other up the wall, but at same time, can't live without each other.
people winds
I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but nothing winds me up more than people saying, 'Chill out' to me when I'm irritated!
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There was very little drama and performance at my school, so I've never forgotten the people who did encourage me and I've thought whether it would be a good idea to even get in touch with them and just say thanks, because they really opened a door for me mentally and emotionally - that's really important.
alone love people
I don't want to be alone; the thing I love about acting is the other people you're doing it with.
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.
people work
We all know that people who've never been on a film set think it's way more glamorous than the people who work on them.
complicit people
When people bully us, we are complicit in it in some way. We do allow it to happen to some extent.
god people
Like, honest to God, I don't expect people to be into what I'm into.
mistake people
When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
people
Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.