Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions...… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Comedy - particularly the frothy and frivolous - is notoriously neglected by festivals and awards. But it's bloody hard to get right. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I feel more comfortable in drama. Comedy is a high-wire act. I find it stressful. It's a precision science in a way. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
It didn't have to be a newfound respect for the craft, I knew that it's notoriously difficult and frightens a lot of… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
In filming you're waiting. You're waiting for lights. You're waiting for people set things up. And when you're not waiting, you're repeating.… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
So, you don't have laughs as a reference point any more, it becomes a bit of a science after that. And the… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I do also think it eludes genre a bit - not in any groundbreaking way but you can't quite call it a… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I don't think it's aiming at gags, I think the humour is woven into it. It's part of how the characters operate… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be made to look one way or the other fairly… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing.… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
A life of very, very serious, po-faced films would drive me nuts. I need - and I'm fortunate to have - a fairly varied… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
“when im really into a movel i'm seeing the world differntly during that time- not just for the hour or so in the day… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no intentions of… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
