Martin Freeman Quotes
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I can't actually believe how good 'The Sopranos' is. I genuinely am dumbfounded by it. It's like when you realize how good The Beatles are, and you think, 'How did they do that?'
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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.
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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.
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I work in public.
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Television is where the great movies that used to exist have gone.
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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.
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I can spot someone with similar fashion sense to me a mile off.
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I can live without endless television programmes and films just centered around computers. I can sort of live without that.
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I've always liked clothes, since I was a kid.
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I love the smaller scenes. I love the smaller, slightly more theatrical scenes.
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I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to you, going, 'Hey!' - because they're scared of you.'
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My ambition is to do what I like and to do good things that I might not have done before.
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I've got a stag weekend coming up and I've said I'm not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won't have it. I'll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow.
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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.'
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I was probably cool around the end of 2002.
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I've been well-known in Britain for a long time.
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I did a play once where a reviewer said, 'Martin Freeman's too nice to play a bad guy.' And I thought: 'Well, bad guys aren't always bad guys, you know?' When I see someone play the obvious villain, I know it's false.
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I wanted to be an actor because I saw 'Dog Day Afternoon,' you know what I mean?
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I think the world needs to see more of my face.
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I would wear a full-length cape if I could get away with it - I do love a good swirl in a fog.
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I think what 'The Hobbit' and Middle-earth deal in are quite universal and timeless themes of honour and love and friendship... so they're things that do resonate with people.
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Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.
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Your slippers last a lot longer in your bedroom. On a film set, they do get very scuffed up.
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Any pigeonhole is something to be rebelled against.