Martin Freeman

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You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.
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In my life, the strongest evidence of any fandom is 'Sherlock' - 'Hobbit' fans are positively restrained.
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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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True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.
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Humour is - how do I say this without sounding pompous - it's a huge part of my life.
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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 a funny thing, 'The Office,' because millions and millions and millions and millions of people didn't watch it. But culturally, it is more of a phenomenon than almost anything else I can remember as far as British television is concerned.
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I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I keep forgetting to think of 'Charles II' as a costume drama.
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Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story.
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As soon as you get two actors in a room and they're locking eyes, they're doing a scene.
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Actors are people who are doing a job they want to do, which isn't the case for many of the people who watch what we do.
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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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There was very little drama and performance at my school, so I've never forgotten the people who did encourage me and I've thought whether it would be a good idea to even get in touch with them and just say thanks, because they really opened a door for me mentally and emotionally - that's really important.
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I know very few people who have literally improvised a film from start to finish.
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I think I'm less gloomy than I used to be - I've got a very supportive other half.
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My relationship with my belief has never been easy.
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My default state is wariness.
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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!'
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I am a fan of the Coen brothers. I'm not a fanatic. I'm a big admirer. They create unique worlds, and there is a real atmosphere to their films. Not everyone can get that. That's a massive part of their appeal: you can recognise them. Like all the great directors or artists, you know it when you see it.
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I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.
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I've got a pretty good musical ear, and I can pick things up.
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Whenever someone says to my mum: 'How's your son doing?' she says: 'Which one?' If you're a parent, you're not going to go: 'Oh I'll concentrate on the famous one.'
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Half of us are partly German! Half our language and culture, generally, in Anglo-Saxon terms, is German.
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I don't think anyone looks into their family tree and expects it to come up smelling of roses.
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I always kind of think if The Beatles were still around now, people would've lost interest quite a long time ago. Seven years of recording - it's there forever. I think not outstaying your welcome is a vital ingredient.
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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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'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'm a big believer that life changes as much as you want it to.
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I'm geek royalty now.
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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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Your slippers last a lot longer in your bedroom. On a film set, they do get very scuffed up.
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With superheroes and comics and fantasy and sci-fi being absolutely the popular currency in cinema, it's like people have said in endless magazines, it's the revenge of the geeks and all that. There's some truth in that.
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Name anything - high-definition TV, computer obsolescence - and I'm pretty much annoyed by it.
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I'm quite a disciplinarian: I can be a shouter. But I can be a very demonstrative kisser and hugger.
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I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.
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I like uncertainty in roles, and I like uncertainty in art, really.
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There are lots of things that keep me awake at night, but work isn't one of them. I mean, no-one's going to die if someone doesn't like what I do. So I don't feel a great pressure.
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I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.
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I love a good suit.
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Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
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I have quite catholic taste in music.
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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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Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.
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My idea of a good night out is staying in.
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I'm not posh or common, I'm in between.
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Americans assume all British people have at least one servant.
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'Sherlock' is beautifully done, if I may say so myself. Even if I wasn't in it, I would like the show.
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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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When I wear jeans I want to look like a man, not a child.
- Martin Freeman