Martin Freeman Quotes
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To my mind there are not enough things that show the Nazis as human, as smart people, charismatic people, who are not inhuman naturally. But who are able to be fantastically inhuman when they choose to be.
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There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It's something we are all too familiar with.
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My idea of a good night out is staying in.
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I've tried not to treat Shakespeare as a marble giant.
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If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that.
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It's always the case, whenever you're doing someone real, how much you want to do an impression or a characterisation. If I was doing Churchill, or Gandhi - people know exactly how they talked, walked.
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I'm not particularly affable in real life, I have to tell you. I've got that side to me, of course, but that's not all I am.
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You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.
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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 uncertainty in roles, and I like uncertainty in art, really.
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I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.
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I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas.
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I have less than no interest in trying to replicate another brilliant actor's work, thank you very much.
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I don't like 'cool telly.'
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If it were purely up to me, my kids would probably be vegetarian Catholic Marxists.
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In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.
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Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
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I don't have sentimental attachments to characters at all.
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'The Hobbit' would have been very difficult to pass on, do you know what I mean? It's not the kind of ship that comes into dock very often.
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I don't write anything off without reading a script, and if it's a good one, I'll consider it, whether it's for $20 or a million dollars.
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I buy DVDs. I don't really buy CDs unless they're for other people.
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As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.
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My job as an actor is for you, so why should my private life be for you, too? That's not fair.
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I could say, 'I want to play a French-African humpback,' but I probably won't get that role.