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.'
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.
rebelled
Any pigeonhole is something to be rebelled against.
life pompous
Humour is - how do I say this without sounding pompous - it's a huge part of my life.
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!
supportive
I think I'm less gloomy than I used to be - I've got a very supportive other half.
deal friendship honour love quite resonate themes timeless
I think what 'The Hobbit' and Middle-earth deal in are quite universal and timeless themes of honour and love and friendship... so they're things that do resonate with people.
mistake people
When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
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.
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.