--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By Colin Firth" description: "10 Knows quotes by Colin Firth. Plus more from Colin Firth and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/colin-firth-2891_confidence_i-don-t-know-if-this-qualifies-as-gentle_2368094.jpg" --- > [I don't know if this qualifies as gentle reassurance, but right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/i-don-t-know-if-this-qualifies-as-gentle-reassurance-but-right-now/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/colin-firth-2891_confidence_i-don-t-know-if-this-qualifies-as-gentle_2368094.jpg) > [I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/i-don-t-know-if-there-s-a-problem-with-original-ideas-i-think-a/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/colin-firth-2891_film_i-don-t-know-if-there-s-a-problem-with-o_2784580.png) > [Actors are basically drag queens. People will tell you they act because they want to heal mankind or, you know, explore the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/actors-are-basically-drag-queens-people-will-tell-you-they-act/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/colin-firth-2891_actors_actors-are-basically-drag-queens-people_3066111.png) > [So, I think there's a danger that good stuff can fall by the wayside if it doesn't conform to formula. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/so-i-think-there-s-a-danger-that-good-stuff-can-fall-by-the-wayside/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/colin-firth-2891_conform_so-i-think-there-s-a-danger-that-good-st_829998.jpg) > [It's whether they have a vision and whether they're able to communicate it. The best director is just someone who gets over-excited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/it-s-whether-they-have-a-vision-and-whether-they-re-able-to/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/colin-firth-2891_able_it-s-whether-they-have-a-vision-and-whet_1833824.png) > [I have a great deal of respect for the craft, I don't know how much respect it has for me. But it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/i-have-a-great-deal-of-respect-for-the-craft-i-don-t-know-how-much/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/colin-firth-2891_chuckles_i-have-a-great-deal-of-respect-for-the-c_2121533.png) > [It didn't have to be a newfound respect for the craft, I knew that it's notoriously difficult and frightens a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/it-didn-t-have-to-be-a-newfound-respect-for-the-craft-i-knew-that-it/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/colin-firth-2891_actors_it-didn-t-have-to-be-a-newfound-respect_1065842.png) > [If I'd loved my chemistry teacher and my maths teacher, goodness knows what direction my life might have gone in. I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/if-i-d-loved-my-chemistry-teacher-and-my-maths-teacher-goodness-knows/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/colin-firth-2891_brilliant_if-i-d-loved-my-chemistry-teacher-and-my_1764601.jpg) > [It's a very dangerous state. You are inclined to recklessness and kind of tune out the rest of your life and everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/it-s-a-very-dangerous-state-you-are-inclined-to-recklessness-and-kind/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/colin-firth-2891_adore_it-s-a-very-dangerous-state-you-are-incl_859262.jpg) > [But it's interesting being directed by someone who is a very good actor. There's nothing like it. It might sound like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/but-it-s-interesting-being-directed-by-someone-who-is-a-very-good/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/colin-firth-2891_actors_but-it-s-interesting-being-directed-by-s_3007989.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Colin Firth > [My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/my-grandmother-was-a-minister-as-well-which-was-not-that-common-in/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/my-looks-aren-t-something-that-come-dazzlingly-through-in-everything/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/people-have-the-idea-of-missionaries-as-going-out-with-the-bible-and/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/i-do-notice-that-when-i-ve-been-away-and-i-come-back-to-london-people/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/as-much-as-the-next-person-i-want-to-be-approved-of-but-i-m-not/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [A life of very, very serious, po-faced films would drive me nuts. I need - and I'm fortunate to have - a fairly varied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/a-life-of-very-very-serious-po-faced-films-would-drive-me-nuts-i-need/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [Nothing brings you closer together than blind terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/nothing-brings-you-closer-together-than-blind-terror/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/when-im-really-into-a-movel-i-m-seeing-the-world-differntly-during/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [You have to be ill if you want to get better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/you-have-to-be-ill-if-you-want-to-get-better/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/hollywood-hasn-t-aggressively-pursued-me-neither-have-i-aggressively/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/looking-in-the-mirror-staring-back-at-me-isn-t-so-much-a-face-as-the/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no intentions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/i-think-england-has-served-me-very-well-i-like-living-in-london-for/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [We all know the dangers of sequels. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place too often, and I think you've got to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/we-all-know-the-dangers-of-sequels-lightning-doesn-t-strike-twice-in/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [I can actually get involved in getting stories off the ground that no one would ask me to be in because I'm the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/i-can-actually-get-involved-in-getting-stories-off-the-ground-that-no/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) > [There's a paraphrase about Orson Welles saying: "Great films are made by great directors and the rest are made by everyone else." I've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/there-s-a-paraphrase-about-orson-welles-saying-great-films-are-made/) [Colin Firth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-firth/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/colin-firth/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By Colin Firth", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know if this qualifies as gentle reassurance, but right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colin Firth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-firth/i-don-t-know-if-this-qualifies-as-gentle-reassurance-but-right-now/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/colin-firth-2891_confidence_i-don-t-know-if-this-qualifies-as-gentle_2368094.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/colin-firth-2891_confidence_i-don-t-know-if-this-qualifies-as-gentle_2368094.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/colin-firth-2891_confidence_i-don-t-know-if-this-qualifies-as-gentle_2368094.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know if this qualifies as gentle reassurance, but right now this is all that stands between me and a…” — Colin Firth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... 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