Actor Quotes by Martin Freeman

Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.

— Martin Freeman

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.

— Martin Freeman

I didn't audition for 'Fargo.' It was a straight offer.

— Martin Freeman

My job as an actor is for you, so why should my private life be for you, too? That's not fair.

— Martin Freeman

I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.

— Martin Freeman

I wanted to be an actor because I saw 'Dog Day Afternoon,' you know what I mean?

— Martin Freeman

I have less than no interest in trying to replicate another brilliant actor's work, thank you very much.

— Martin Freeman

I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.

— Martin Freeman

I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to…

— Martin Freeman

I'm afraid I don't have a very pragmatic or unromantic view of props. I don't imbue them with any great sense of…

— Martin Freeman

I'm always interested with other actors in what their process is, and are they still interested in acting, as opposed to being…

— Martin Freeman

I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama,…

— Martin Freeman

Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles…

— Martin Freeman

Being an actor is just like being any other sort of self-employed person - we're all just happy to have a job…

— Martin Freeman

If you want your film to be instantly green-lit, your first approach is not to go to a relatively unknown English actor.…

— Martin Freeman

The reason I've never gone for pilot season even as a younger actor, and wouldn't entertain that sort of thing now, is…

— Martin Freeman

Your job, as an actor, is never to just do what you're told. That's boring, and life is too short. It's your…

— Martin Freeman

As soon as you get two actors in a room and they're locking eyes, they're doing a scene.

— Martin Freeman

I don't want to be alone; the thing I love about acting is the other people you're doing it with.

— Martin Freeman

As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

— Martin Freeman

Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.

— Martin Freeman

“[ On his Emmy win ] I thought ‘ah, very, very nice’ and then I went to sleep.”

— Martin Freeman

To be honest, if people thought my performance in 'The Office' was the same as my performance in 'The Hobbit,' it would…

— Martin Freeman

Actors are people who are doing a job they want to do, which isn't the case for many of the people who…

— Martin Freeman