Quotes from Martin Freeman

The design of 'Love Actually, ' the typeface, the basic line of that poster and that DVD cover has been ripped off so many times.

Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything.

Without sounding overly pompous about it, I don't really trust certainty in anything, actually. Especially as I get older. Except love. I'm certain of love, I guess.

I think what 'The Hobbit' and Middle-earth deal in are quite universal and timeless themes of honour and love and friendship... so they're things that do resonate with people.

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.

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.

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.

People misunderstand me.

I guess like any friendship, marriage, or whatever it is familiarity breeds more contempt, and more love. They're just more settled with each other now.

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.

I have played nasty people, but not everyone has seen that stuff. Before 'The Office,' I mainly got cast as little toe-rags.

Being an actor is just like being any other sort of self-employed person - we're all just happy to have a job in the first place, but we also thrive off the uncertainty of it.

I like uncertainty in roles, and I like uncertainty in art, really.

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

We all know the films that have affected us from the age of nine onwards, that mean so much to us.

Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.

If you want your film to be instantly green-lit, your first approach is not to go to a relatively unknown English actor. They're not going to throw millions of dollars at you for that.

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!'

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.

I'm geek royalty now.

I want to inspire children to be obsessed over jewellery.

I like being called 'Mr. Freeman' occasionally.

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

If someone wishes you good night every day. You're happier than so many people.