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"Martin Freeman has revealed that Sherlock has had a bigger impact on his career than The Hobbit. The British actor currently stars as John Watson in the BBC&amp;#039;s Sherlock, while also leading the cast of Peter Jackson&amp;#039;s Hobbit adaptations.  Speaking to Graham Norton, Freeman said that while The Hobbit was a &amp;quot;big gig&amp;quot;, most people speak to him about the BBC drama. When asked whether Sherlock or The Hobbit had the most impact on his life, he said: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s probably Sherlock.  &amp;quot;The Hobbit was an extremely big gig. It&amp;#039;s enormous but when people make themselves known to me it is more for Sherlock.&amp;quot; Speaking about the Hobbit trilogy, he said: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s done, it&amp;#039;s all finished - for however long you think you are going to be in a Peter Jackson film, you are going to be in it longer. It was a long gig. &amp;quot;My main challenge was checking in with Peter to see where Bilbo was at a given time. Two and a half years is a very long time to keep a handle on it.&amp;quot;  He added: &amp;quot;We all make films hoping people will come and see them and I&amp;#039;ve made plenty of films people didn&amp;#039;t come and see, so it&amp;#039;s nice to have things people do like. The fact that so many people like it is cheering.&amp;quot; Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch will return for Sherlock&amp;#039;s third series on January 1 on BBC One. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opens at cinemas worldwide today (December 13). Ben Stiller, Jamie Oliver and Rebecca Ferguson will also appear on The Graham Norton Show tonight at 10.35pm on BBC One. Watch Martin Freeman talk to Digital Spy below:  Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Screen Time:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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