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
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Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration...
mods
You could say I'm a mod, but with a small 'm'; I don't wear a parka, but I do question what I wear and what I listen to, which is what it's all about.
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I hate the fact that so much of our life is computerised rather than mechanised.
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I'm not particularly affable in real life, I have to tell you. I've got that side to me, of course, but that's not all I am.
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I like anything with my face on it, just from an aesthetic point of view.
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If you want your film to be instantly green-lit, your first approach is not to go to a relatively unknown English actor. They're not going to throw millions of dollars at you for that.
If you're alive for more than five minutes, you're going to be disappointed.
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In my life, the strongest evidence of any fandom is 'Sherlock' - 'Hobbit' fans are positively restrained.
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In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.
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I know very few people who have literally improvised a film from start to finish.
I'm quite a disciplinarian: I can be a shouter. But I can be a very demonstrative kisser and hugger.
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'The Hobbit' would have been very difficult to pass on, do you know what I mean? It's not the kind of ship that comes into dock very often.
'The Hobbit's a big gig. It's a huge circus that you become a part of.
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The design of 'Love Actually,' the typeface, the basic line of that poster and that DVD cover has been ripped off so many times.