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Martin Freeman Quotes

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.’

– Martin Freeman

I love that pre-mod jazz look of the late Fifties, the Steve McQueen style that influenced the British modernists.

– Martin Freeman

My mum was Labour-voting, but wanted us to know we were important. Basically, everyone’s equal, but you, my children, are a bit better.

– Martin Freeman

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

– Martin Freeman

There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It’s something we are all too familiar with.

– Martin Freeman

My job as an actor is for you, so why should my private life be for you, too? That’s not fair.

– Martin Freeman

You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.

– Martin Freeman

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!’

– Martin Freeman

We all know that people who’ve never been on a film set think it’s way more glamorous than the people who work on them.

– Martin Freeman

I don’t get cast as the guy who steps off a yacht in a white linen suit with a martini.

– Martin Freeman

Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything.

– Martin Freeman

I like the idea of not everything happening between two human beings to be everyone’s property.

– Martin Freeman

I like being called ‘Mr. Freeman’ occasionally.

– Martin Freeman

I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.

– Martin Freeman

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.

– Martin Freeman

I was probably cool around the end of 2002.

– Martin Freeman

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.

– Martin Freeman

You could say I’m a mod, but with a small ‘m’; I don’t wear a parka, but I do question what I wear and what I listen to, which is what it’s all about.

– Martin Freeman

Humour is – how do I say this without sounding pompous – it’s a huge part of my life.

– Martin Freeman

I’m very proud of ‘The Office’ – it was one of the best things I’ll ever do. But you do become a slight victim of your own success in the sense that people think that’s you, that’s what you are, and that’s what you’ll play forever.

– Martin Freeman

Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?

– Martin Freeman

The reason I’ve never gone for pilot season even as a younger actor, and wouldn’t entertain that sort of thing now, is the idea of signing a piece of paper that binds me for six or seven years.

– Martin Freeman

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.

– Martin Freeman

I’ve always got my eye on my deathbed.

– Martin Freeman

I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.

– Martin Freeman

I’m a big believer that life changes as much as you want it to.

– Martin Freeman

Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.

– Martin Freeman

My relationship with my belief has never been easy.

– Martin Freeman

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.

– Martin Freeman

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.

– Martin Freeman

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