Martin Freeman Quotes
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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.
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I read 'Animal Farm' when I was 11, and it remained my favorite book, really.
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It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the telling.
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It's more fun to keep stuff secret.
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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.
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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.
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I've always been attracted to darkness.
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When I wear jeans I want to look like a man, not a child.
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The design of 'Love Actually,' the typeface, the basic line of that poster and that DVD cover has been ripped off so many times.
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I wasn't like a Fifties dad.
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If you are a plumber, you can work on a shed, or you can work on a mansion. It's just scale.
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I enjoy fighting scenes. I like fighting in film. I like pretending to fight in films.
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I like anything with my face on it, just from an aesthetic point of view.
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I've always got my eye on my deathbed.
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Organised religion, organised anything, requires commitment and requires an engagement with something. A lot of the time, we don't want to commit.
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Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything.
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My main priority in any job is when is the soonest I can get back to the three people I love most in the world.
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My relationship with my belief has never been easy.
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I don't want to be alone; the thing I love about acting is the other people you're doing it with.
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I love home. I'd rather be at home than anywhere else.
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I've got an overly developed sense of what selling out is, and I of course worry about it too much.
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When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
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My idea of a good night out is staying in.
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It would be a shame for me if I were to become 'Mr. Half-Hour Sitcom.'