Martin Freeman Quotes
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There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.
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Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
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My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
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I feel an army in my fist.
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Whatever's good for the team. If that's what they want me to do, that's what I'll do. If they want me to be the PAT holder, I'll be the PAT holder. If they want me to return punts, I'll return punts.
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The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.
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I think that's an incredible thing that we can do as actors - to feel empathy toward someone that you may otherwise detest, you know?
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I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.
