I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to… — 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… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
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'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right… — 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
The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who… — 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 find that at almost every press junket I get that comment, "this character's different from what you generally play..." And that's… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I think that, often, actors represent what they're not. You get people who define the aristocracy who are not aristocratic - they're… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown… — 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
It's entirely to do with personality, I think. There are good directors who talk a lot, bad directors who talk a lot,… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
They said: "Make it in this amount of time and go for it now..." Which is why I was suddenly ambushed and… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Something like Shakespeare in Love, which became such an established hit that it now seems like a foregone conclusion... but it really… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly photographed, that's not so nice. I would… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Obviously, if people love a movie, and it has the possibility of continuation, then there is going to be a question of… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
In filming, you're waiting - you're waiting for lights, you're waiting for people to set things up - and when you're not… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor.… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I like playing strange characters. Some people might say it has something to do with a hidden part of myself, but I… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I think the dictator director is based upon stories from the past. I don't think anyone would put up with it now.… — 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
Some people come up to be directors by coming through the camera department and there's not a lot of women in the… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I think it helps to get a film made because people who put money in are nervous. They like to have something… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I've actually heard people protesting furiously about straight male costume people as well. It's not universal and there are examples that break… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Actors are basically drag queens. People will tell you they act because they want to heal mankind or, you know, explore the… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
The great thing about dealing with people about whom we have historical resources, is that if the writing needs work, there's everywhere… — 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
