“To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.” WantRationalBothered Author:Colin Firth
“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.” LooksKindMadeFacesNeutrality Author:Colin Firth
“I'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right or don't respect others' needs.” PeopleNeedsCrazyPatientUpsetRespecting OthersDrive Me Crazy Author:Colin Firth
“Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.” DreamActors Author:Colin Firth
“My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s.” WellsCommonMinistersGrandmotherMy Grandmother1930s Author:Colin Firth
“The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child I didn't know well.” KnowsWellsChildrenLastsClothes Author: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.” PeopleThinkingCountryAblePhilistines Author:Colin Firth
“I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously.” PeopleSometimesReasonJobsDesireBitsGroupsDyingFrontsCircumstancesShakesVary 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 easily... I am still not recognised on the street that much.” WayLooksMadeStillsI CanStreetsOne Way Author:Colin Firth
“My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised.” PeopleWayParentVirtueTeachingRaisedProfessionMedicalEngagedGrandparentLives Of OthersPriesthoodMedical ProfessionComplicityParents And Grandparents Author:Colin Firth
“My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance?” IfsWellsBigsActorsCan DoPartyWonderCasesPiecesTransformationInstinctPrimariesSubstancePerformersThrilling Author:Colin Firth
