Character Quote by Colin Firth

I enjoy playing Mr. Darcy, but I'm not hungry to play Mark Darcy again.

— Colin Firth

anyone who writes plays is unbelievably persistent, because there isn't a need in the world for plays. Somehow you internally have to feel a…

— Wendy Wasserstein

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.

— Theodore Bikel

“Mr Darcy is my severest critic.”

— Elizabeth Bennett

I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot…

— Jane Austen

“I shall be perfectly content to spend time with Mr Darcy and enjoy his manner of flattering my ego, for I must confess he…

— P.O. Dixon

I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of…

— Ben Brantley

A conventional playwright tries to tell you more about the characters than they know about themselves.

— Timothy West

“was privileged to know the very last living exponent of this way of playing, Alex Currie from Cape Breton, and I can confirm that his style of playing…

— Fergus Muirhead

As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced.

— Edward Albee

As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself.

— Frank Langella

“Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”

— Jane Austen