30 ACTORS I ADMIRE - Martin Freeman
I don’t think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment. My parents gave me the knowledge that reading isn’t a bad thing, and admitting to liking a painting doesn’t make you an arse-bandit.
Martin Freeman as Clive Buckle in The Girl is Mime: Behind the Scenes.
“[Benedict]’s sweet and generous in an almost childlike way. He’s very easy to screw over. I could take advantage of him playing cards. Actually, I must take advantage of him playing cards. But as an actor, he’s one of the very few people I’ve worked with whose taste I don’t question. Even subconsciously I’m not going, ‘Well, I wouldn’t have done it like that.’ He commits.” Martin Freeman [x]

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.