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
notice people switched though
Once you've switched that switch, then, though you notice that other people are great, you're just not interested.
job people
Actors are people who are doing a job they want to do, which isn't the case for many of the people who watch what we do.
acting easier good react
Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.
months
I think the hardest part about anything you do for 18 months is just keeping yourself together for 18 months.
good
I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. It's the only thing I can see myself doing.
landing screen
I think when see you a character on the screen who is actually being touched by the world, and the stuff is actually landing on him, it makes you empathize.
sounds
I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.
I think the world needs to see more of my face.
asked good house seen time
On the surface, you think you wouldn't have to think at all about being asked to play Bilbo in 'The Hobbit.' It's not prison; it's a good gig. But you know it's going to take a long time, and it does. There are times when you thought: 'Gee, I've not seen my house for months.'
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.
Rehearsals are one of my favourite things in the world.
engagement organised religion requires time
Organised religion, organised anything, requires commitment and requires an engagement with something. A lot of the time, we don't want to commit.
kids
If it were purely up to me, my kids would probably be vegetarian Catholic Marxists.
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.