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
needed people performance
To be honest, if people thought my performance in 'The Office' was the same as my performance in 'The Hobbit,' it would tell me everything I needed to know about what they know about acting.
history
You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.
record saying suppose
I was on record before I did 'The Hobbit,' saying I don't care at all about 3D. And I suppose I should now say I care a lot about 3D. I've always loved 3D, I think everything should be 3D, and I think it's just a shame 'The Godfather' wasn't in 3D.
al interested men michael tom vulnerable
Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay and Al Pacino made me want to act. I've always been interested in men with a vulnerable side.
suppose
I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.
hates
We can all look on the Internet and go, 'He hates me! Oh, but she loves me. Oh, but he hates me,' you know. And that way, madness lies.
accents lend
Trouble is, some accents lend themselves to comedy.
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.
pretending
I enjoy fighting scenes. I like fighting in film. I like pretending to fight in films.
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.
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.
arriving ben centre coloured grew lights top
I grew up in the suburbs, so I remember arriving at Waterloo and seeing Big Ben and the coloured lights on top of the Southbank Centre and thinking, 'Wow!'
characters
I don't have sentimental attachments to characters at all.
predicted
'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around the series.