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
hoping months six
I've got no anti-America or anti-Hollywood kick, it's just that I never wanted to go and kick my heels around L.A. for six months hoping something would happen.
art great
Not all art is great; most of it's rubbish.
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.
time
I've been well-known in Britain for a long time.
shakespeare
I've tried not to treat Shakespeare as a marble giant.
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.
bad
It's more fun playing someone who isn't just a bad guy.
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.
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.
Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story.
creature hard maybe
I've never been to a festival. I'm a creature of habit, mashed-potato comfort, I like rugs. Our sofa's squishy. Maybe too squishy - it's hard to get up sometimes.