♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUEST IS THE EMMY-AWARD WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "THE
HOBBIT," "FARGO," AND "SHERLOCK."
HE NOW STARS IN "BREEDERS" ON FX.
>> I'M JUST WANTING TO BROWSE SOME SEMIPRO RIGS, NOT FULL-ON
PROFESSIONAL, BUT NOT FISHER-PRICE MACHINES, EITHER.
BUDGET?
400.
TWO 800-ISH, GRAND.
>> OKAY.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME ROOM TO MANEUVER.
>> YES, MY SON'S 13th BIRTHDAY IS THE AGE I WAS WHEN I
GOT MY FIRST PROPER CAMERA.
>> YOU'RE A PHOTOGRAPHER?
>> YEAH, I AM.
SORRY, NO, I'M NOT.
THESE DAYS IT'S JUST SNAPS WITH THE PHONE BUT I USED TO BE
PRETTY GOOD.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH, I HAD AN EYE FOR THE COMPOSITION.
I WOULD TAKE A BUS TO RICHMOND PARK AND SIT THERE FOR HOURS ON
MY OWN PHOTOGRAPHING BIRDS, WILDLIFE.
CLOUDS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME, MARTIN FREEMAN!
HELLO, MARTIN FREEMAN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, STEPHEN.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FROM LONDON.
>> ACTUALLY, LIVERPOOL.
>> Stephen: OH, REALLY?
>> YES, I'M FILMING SOMETHING IN LIVERPOOL.
>> Stephen: U.K., LET'S ROUND IT OUT AND SAY YOU U.K., U.K.
THAT WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE, EXCEPT I JUST SPOKE TO LUPITA NYONG'O
FROM KENYA.
SO IT'S NOT A CONTEST, BUT SHE WON.
>> WHY DID SHE WIN.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE SHE'S FURTHER AWAY.
AND, I'M SORRY, KENYA IS A LITTLE MORE EXCITING THAN
LIVERPOOL?
>> YEAH, TELL THAT TO THE FABS, YOU DAMN...
>> Stephen: THEY LEFT!
>> THIS IS VERY TRUE.
( LAUGHS ).
>> Stephen: ARE YOU-- ARE YOU LIVERED PUDDLING YOURSELF?
>> NO, I'M NOT.
I'M WORKING IN LIVERPOOL.
>> Stephen: WHY DID YOU LAUGH OR DID YOU NOT LIKE ME SAYING
LIVERPUDDLING?
>> YOU WERE QUITE CORRECT.
I THINK IF I WAS LIVERPUDDLING, THAT WOULD HAVE COME UP BEFORE
IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
I THINK IT WOULD.
AND ALSO I WOULDN'T SOUND LIKE THIS.
>> Stephen: WHAT WOULD YOU SOUND LIKE, MARTIN FREEMAN?
>> WHY DON'T YOU SHOW ME WHAT YOU WOULD SOUND LIKE?
>> Stephen: WELL, I CERTAINLY ENJOYED BEING IN "THE HOBBIT"
WITH PETER JACKSON.
THAT WAS NICE.
THAT'S NOT BAD AT ALL."
>> THAT'S A LOT BETTER THAN SOME OF YOUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GEORGE.
DOING GEORGE THERE.
>> I COULD TELL.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING RHYTHM GUITAR THE ENTIRE
TIME.
>> IN YOUR EYES, YOU WERE.
>> Stephen: IT'S THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF "THE OFFICE" THE
ORIGINAL "THE OFFICE."
YOU AND YOUR BREAKOUT-- YOUR FIRST MAJOR ROLE TIM CANTERBURY
"THE OFFICE."
YOU'RE A BIG DEAL NOW, BUT YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN FAMOUS FOR 20
YEARS BUT YOU'VE NEVER GOTTEN GOOD AT BEING FAMOUS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> I THINK BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU WHEN YOU BECOME
FAMOUS.
YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE, AND I THINK YOU'RE SORT OF EXPECTED TO
WEAR A SORT OF MANTLE, AND I'VE ONLY GOT-- I DON'T THINK I WEAR
IT VERY EASILY, I DON'T THINK.
I MEAN, OTHER PEOPLE WEAR THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I DO,
MORE COMFORTABLY, OR SOMETHING.
AND I THINK IT-- I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST -- >> Stephen: DOES IT INVOLVE
BEING WILLING TO WAVE TO A CROWD OR STAND ON A RED CARPET?
WHAT'S THE PART OF IT THAT IS UNEASY WITH YOU?
>> I'LL-- IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THE BIT THAT'S UNEASY WITH ME IS
WHEN YOU'RE-- WHEN YOU'RE IN A CAR ON THE WAY-- AND, LISTEN,
THESE ARE ALL, CLEARLY, GOOD PROBLEMS TO HAVE.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN A CAR ON THE WAY TO THE RED CARPET, RIGHT,
AND YOU MAYBE JUST-- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE MAYBE JUST HAD ONE OF
THESE, OR WHATEVER, AS A LITTLE STRAIGHTENER.
AND YOU'RE IN THE CAR, AND AS YOU GET A LITTLE BIS CLOSER, YOU
START TO HEAR THAT...
NOISE.
AND IT-- IT'S NOT GOOD FOR MY NERVOUS SYSTEM.
I DON'T THINK IT'S...
IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL, "YEAH!
THIS IS GREAT!" IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE...
ANXIOUS.
YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: THE ROAR OF THE CROWD.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE NOT LIKE A GLADIATOR.
YOU FEEL LIKE THE MEAT BEING THROWN TO THE LIONS.
>> YEAH, KIND OF.
YES, YOU'RE SORT OF THE MEAT BEING THROWN TO THE LIONS, BUT
THE GAME IS YOU ARE REALLY THE GLADIATOR, BUT ACTUALLY INSIDE
YOU FEEL LIKE-- YEAH, YOU FEEL LIKE AN EARLY...
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FAN BASE.
YOU HAVE SOME INTENSE FAN BASE.
YOU'VE GOT "THE OFFICE FANS" THE MIDDLE EARTH "THE HOBBIT" FANS,
AND THE SHERLOCK FANS.
OF THOSE GROUPS, CAN YOU TELL WHO THEY ARE-- WHEN THEY
RECOGNIZE YOU, CAN YOU GO, "THAT'S FROM THIS SHOW OR THAT'S
FROM THAT MOVIE?" >> YES, YOU CAN A LITTLE BIT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S CHANGED-- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
"THE OFFICE--" "SHERLOCK" THAT WAS ON 11 YEARS AGO FIRST TIME.
SO SOME OF THOSE FANS WOULD HAVE GROWN UP.
THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE THERE WAS A KIND OF SWEET SPOT OF A
COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE I KNEW IF IT WAS A GIRL OR A WOMAN AGED
BETWEEN 16 AND 25 WITH LONG, DARK HAIR AND GLASSES AND A
RUCKSACK, THAT WAS "SHERLOCK" WITHOUT QUESTION, WITHOUT
QUESTION.
THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLE-- AND THEY'RE
ALSO ALLOWED TO LIKE "THE HOBBIT," AND THEY DO.
"OFFICE" FANS ARE MAINLY 53-YEAR-OLD MEN.
>> Stephen: SAD, SAD, 53-YEAR-OLD MEN.
>> THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE ENERGY TO RUN TOWARDS ME, THANK GOD.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
BUT FOLKS, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE MARTIN FREEMAN.
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