Quotes by Colin Firth

About Colin Firth:

Colin Andrew Firth is an English actor. His films have grossed more than $3 billion from 42 releases worldwide. He has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, two BAFTAs and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup. His most notable and acclaimed role to date has been his 2010 portrayal of King George VI in The King's Speech, a performance that earned him an Oscar and multiple worldwide best actor awards.
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One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.

Colin Firth

I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends.

Colin Firth

You have to be ill if you want to get better.

Colin Firth

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

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 beyond it, go the extra mile and have the courage not to just repeat the first one.

Colin Firth

I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects.

Colin Firth

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast.

Colin Firth

Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people.

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We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life.

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I'd love to try my hand at something else.

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I have a kind of neutrality, physically, which has helped me. I have a face that can be made to look a lot better - or a lot worse.

Colin Firth

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think.

Colin Firth

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.

Colin Firth

The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child I didn't know well.

Colin Firth

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

Colin Firth

I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive.

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 cutting those ties. There is absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly not, so that I can have a swimming pool and a palm tree.

Colin Firth

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky.

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I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.

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I do think I'm a character actor.

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Author Bio

  • NameColin Firth
  • DescriptionEnglish actor
  • BornSeptember 10, 1960
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire