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
nice thinking people
I think if you were known for playing something other than being a nice guy then people might be a little less likely to take liberties with you. If you are Ray Winstone, and people have seen you kick a few people to death, then they are a little less likely to approach you or whatever.
disappointment thinking actors
I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.
thinking actors dresses
Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.
thinking acting knows
Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.
cutting thinking hands
On the one hand, we're constantly told about recycling and cutting back, and on the other hand we have to buy the next gadget that comes along three weeks after the last one you bought. It's absolutely insane. We've been suckered into buying and buying and upgrading and upgrading. We're being given two very different mantras at the moment, I think.
thinking who-i-am play
There's a difference between the parts that I play and who I am and who people think I am. There's quite a big discrepancy sometimes between those things.
shakespeare
I've tried not to treat Shakespeare as a marble giant.
accent work
I've not been called on to do a lot of accent work.
It would be a shame for me if I were to become 'Mr. Half-Hour Sitcom.'
time
I've been well-known in Britain for a long time.
Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story.
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.
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.