“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 about doing it - they don't even have to know much about camera or acting.” KnowsAbleActingVisionDirectorsCamerasCommunicateExcitedGet Over Author:Colin Firth
“I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of good, original writing.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldWritingIdeasProblemFilmIndustryHealthyShould HaveOriginalsFilm IndustryOriginal Ideas Author:Colin Firth
“So, I think there's a danger that good stuff can fall by the wayside if it doesn't conform to formula. But I think it comes down to money and they just don't know where it's going if they haven't got any precedent.” IfsThinkingKnowsFallStuffHavensDangerFormulasConformPrecedent Author:Colin Firth
“If I'd loved my chemistry teacher and my maths teacher, goodness knows what direction my life might have gone in. I remember there was a primary school teacher who really woke me up to the joys of school for about one year when I was ten. He made me interested in things I would otherwise not have been interested in - because he was a brilliant teacher. He was instrumental in making me think learning was quite exciting.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsHas BeensMadeMightSchoolRememberJoyGoneTeacherTenGoodnessExcitingMathBrilliantPrimariesChemistrySchool TeachersPrimary SchoolMath TeacherChemistry Teachers Author:Colin Firth
“But it's interesting being directed by someone who is a very good actor. There's nothing like it. It might sound like a territorial thing about what I do, but I don't think you can understand what it is until you've done it. I know that to be a fact.” ThinkingKnowsDoneFactsMightActorsSoundInterestingVery GoodGood ActorsTerritorial Author:Colin Firth
“It didn't have to be a newfound respect for the craft, I knew that it's notoriously difficult and frightens a lot of people off. I don't think anyone knows quite who to attribute it to, but the dying actor who says: "dying is easy, comedy is hard." I hear it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHardActorsEasyDifficultComedyDyingCraftsAttributes Author:Colin Firth
“I have a great deal of respect for the craft, I don't know how much respect it has for me. But it's a precision process. Doing it on stage would be, I think, terrifying. Doing it on film has its own difficulties, because film is not conducive to spontaneity. You might have a run through and get a few chuckles at eight o'clock in the morning, but you don't keep laughing at the same thing all day long.” ThinkingKnowsLongMightWould BeRunningFilmProcessDealsMorningLaughingKnow HowStageDifficultyEightCraftsClockSpontaneityPrecisionChuckles Author:Colin Firth
“It's a very dangerous state. You are inclined to recklessness and kind of tune out the rest of your life and everything that's been important to you. It's actually not all that pleasurable. I don't know who the hell wants to get in a situation where you can't bear an hour without somebody's company.” KnowsWantLoveKindImportantStatesHoursCompanySituationHellHonestDangerousBearsTunesReal LoveAdoreRest Of Your LifeBest LoveRecklessness Author:Colin Firth
“It does help to actually realize that however stunning the person who is, you know, fluttering eyelashes at you, she doesn't do anything to match up to your wife.” KnowsPersonsDoeHelpingRealizingWifeStunningEyelashesFluttering Author:Colin Firth
“Actors are basically drag queens. People will tell you they act because they want to heal mankind or, you know, explore the nature of the human psyche. Yes, maybe. But basically we just want to put on a frock and dance.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansActorsMankindHealQueensDragHuman PsycheDrag Queen Author:Colin Firth
“I don't know if this qualifies as gentle reassurance, but right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson.” IfsKnowsRight NowGentleReassuranceHarleyHarley Davidson 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
