“It was mainly to do with Helen Hunt, to be honest. That's what drew my attention to it. I was interested in the fact that she was going to be directing. I'd never met her but she projects a degree of intelligence and it was convincing t me that she'd be able to handle this sort of material very well.” WellsFactsAbleAttentionHonestMaterialsMetsDegreesProjectsHandleBeing HonestHuntsConvincingHelen Author:Colin Firth
“Certainly, from where I stand, I'm not a specialist in wildly different walks and voices. But I find as much variation and nuance as what satisfies me in what I do. So, I don't find this particularly different. He has his own peculiarities. You're probably talking about a cluster of Englishmen in suits but I've done quite a big cluster of guys not in suits as well, which I've occupied myself with. So, I don't find that this is the one that stands out.” WellsDifferentDoneBigsGuyVoiceWalksTalkingSuitsStanding OutVariationEnglishmenNuanceSpecialistsClusters Author:Colin Firth
“There's no point in it unless it's a story that you really want to tell. It's a nebulous job. Unless you're doing it well, you're not doing anything. And there are a few of those. It's perfectly possible to be a passenger on a film set because if somebody else has written it, you can make nothing of that role and that's exactly what bad directors do.” IfsWantWellsStoriesJobsFilmRolesWrittenDirectorsNo PointPassengersFilm Set Author:Colin Firth
“I've actually heard people protesting furiously about straight male costume people as well. It's not universal and there are examples that break the mould all over the place. In my experience, it's more prevalent in the UK than in America.” PeopleWellsAmericaBreakHeardExampleUniversalMalesCostumesMould Author: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.” ThinkingWellsI CanReasonCuttingTreeEnglandIntentionLondonTiesNo ReasonSwimmingPoolPalmsSwimming PoolPalm Trees 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
“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
