Martin Freeman
Actor
1971-09-08
Quotes by Martin Freeman
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Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
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Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
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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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I've never been to a festival. I'm a creature of habit, mashed-potato comfort, I like rugs. Our sofa's squishy. Maybe too squishy - it's hard to get up sometimes.
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You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.
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The best of American television is thought-provoking, original, brilliant, exciting - from 'The Sopranos' on, whether it's 'The Wire' or 'Breaking Bad' or 'House of Cards,' they're fantastic pieces of art.
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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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Please God, I'll never be in a war zone, but everything I sort of know about people who come back is that it's a hard transition to make. I mean, even if you've not been in a war, even if you've just been in the Forces, you come back and probably have more fights in civilian life.
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I grew up in the suburbs, so I remember arriving at Waterloo and seeing Big Ben and the coloured lights on top of the Southbank Centre and thinking, 'Wow!'
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Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.
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I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but nothing winds me up more than people saying, 'Chill out' to me when I'm irritated!
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I don't get cast as the guy who steps off a yacht in a white linen suit with a martini.
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