Martin Freeman calls Method Acting "F*cking B*llocks"
Martin Freeman calls method acting “the most self-aggrandizing, selfish, narcissistic f**king bollocks I have ever seen.”
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- DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) May 31, 2021
- In a recent appearance on the Off Menu podcast (via The Telegraph), Martin Freeman criticized the practice of method acting in general, citing Jim Carrey's behavior working on 'Man on the Moon' as a particularly noteworthy culprit.
- "[It's] the most self-aggrandizing, selfish, narcissistic f-ing bollocks I have ever seen," Freeman said. "When younger, I think it’s quite common to think that completely losing yourself is the goal [of acting] because it feels grown-up and it feels proper. But the older I’ve got, the more I don’t really look to that. To be honest, it’s quite a pain in the arse when someone ‘loses themselves.’ It is a massive pain in the arse because it’s no longer a craft and a job.”
- Carrey's method approach was explored in a 2017 Netflix documentary 'Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond'. The film delves into how The intense approach affected both the crew's productivity as well as Carrey's sense of self.
- “For me, and I’m genuinely sure Jim Carrey is a lovely and smart person, but it was the most self-aggrandizing, selfish, narcissistic fucking bollocks I have ever seen,” Freeman said. “The idea that anything in our culture would celebrate or support it is deranged, literally deranged.”
- Robert Pattinson also shared similar opinions of the method acting approach in 2019 with Jennifer Lopez during an interview for Variety’s Actors on Actors series.
- “I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an a-holes,” Pattinson admitted. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”
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