Martin John C. Freeman Quotes

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.

When I wear jeans I want to look like a man, not a child.

This isn’t meant to make me sound interesting and rock ‘n’ roll, but I wouldn’t want to live with me a lot of the time.

There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It’s something we are all too familiar with.

There are still things technically about films that I think are a mystery to me and I want to remain a mystery. I don’t particularly want to know what everyone’s job is because I’ve got lines to learn.

People misunderstand me.

On the one hand, we’re constantly told about recycling and cutting back, and on the other hand we have to buy the next gadget that comes along three weeks after the last one you bought. It’s absolutely insane. We’ve been suckered into buying and buying and upgrading and upgrading. We’re being given two very different mantras at the moment, I think.

Name anything – high-definition TV, computer obsolescence – and I’m pretty much annoyed by it.

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.

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

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

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.

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.

I’ve got no anti-America or anti-Hollywood kick, it’s just that I never wanted to go and kick my heels around L.A. for six months hoping something would happen.

I’ve got an overly developed sense of what selling out is, and I of course worry about it too much.

I’ve got a stag weekend coming up and I’ve said I’m not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won’t have it. I’ll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow.

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.

I’ve always got my eye on my deathbed.

I’m one of the few people I know who believes in God.