234 Quotes by Martin Freeman

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.'

I'm very proud of 'The Office' - it was one of the best things I'll ever do. But you do become a slight victim of your own success in the sense that people think that's you, that's what you are, and that's what you'll play forever.

When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.

I like the quiet life sometimes. I also love a bustling press conference sometimes as well. I love a 600 metre red carpet.

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

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

Like, honest to God, I don't expect people to be into what I'm into.

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.

'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around the series.