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
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.
dark fun spend time truly
Even someone as truly dark as Lorne Malvo is still very attractive, and you want to spend time with him because he's a fun character.
locking
As soon as you get two actors in a room and they're locking eyes, they're doing a scene.
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.
Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story.
inherent slightly towards
Although there's an inherent light-heartedness to 'Sherlock,' I slightly err towards not doing the comedy.
people
Americans assume all British people have at least one servant.
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.
became coming felt genuinely imagining life looking people staring
All my life, I've felt people are looking at me. So, when I became known, it was like, 'I'm not imagining this any more. People genuinely are staring at me. Oh, Christ, now they're coming over!'
accept dollar entitled families pennies people systematic tactics
It's been systematic low-balling, high-pressure tactics to get people to accept pennies on the dollar of what they're entitled to. And as a result, these families are being destroyed.
meant time
This isn't meant to make me sound interesting and rock 'n' roll, but I wouldn't want to live with me a lot of the time.
almost british far funny millions people phenomenon watch
It's a funny thing, 'The Office,' because millions and millions and millions and millions of people didn't watch it. But culturally, it is more of a phenomenon than almost anything else I can remember as far as British television is concerned.
bad
It's more fun playing someone who isn't just a bad guy.
time
I've been well-known in Britain for a long time.