The Best Colin Firth quotes

I love ‘Manhattan’, and I know it’s not one of Woody’s favorites. — Colin Firth

I love you even when you’re sick and look disgusting. — Colin Firth

I’d love to try my hand at something else. — Colin Firth

Obviously, if people love a movie, and it has the possibility of continuation, then there is going to be a question of whether it’s worth doing another one. There’s also cynicism and skepticism about sequels. — Colin Firth

I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent. — 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. — Colin Firth

The great thing about dealing with people about whom we have historical resources, is that if the writing needs work, there’s everywhere to go to enrich it. — Colin Firth

To work effectively in a film, you have to repeat and work consistently. Basically, you shoot a big master then you do close–ups. You’re supposed to be in the same moment, the same 30–second moment, for a day. — Colin Firth

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real. — Colin Firth

My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s. — Colin Firth

Nothing brings you closer together than blind terror. — 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. — Colin Firth

I do notice that when I’ve been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments. — Colin Firth

I enjoy playing Mr. Darcy, but I’m not hungry to play Mark Darcy again. — Colin Firth

If you’re playing someone who’s got marital problems, you have to play someone who’s trying not to have marital problems. So, you’ve got to get into the problem first. — Colin Firth

I like playing strange characters. Some people might say it has something to do with a hidden part of myself, but I think it’s a lot simpler than that: normal people are just not very interesting. — Colin Firth

Whenever you take on playing a villain, he has to cease to be a villain to you. If you judge this man by his time, he’s doing very little wrong. — Colin Firth

Something like ‘A Single Man,’ it was tiny; it was financed by one guy. We all lost money doing it. — Colin Firth

If I were to write a book about the progress of getting to a third film, it would be a long one. — 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. — Colin Firth

It’s a film called ‘Kursk’, which is a true story about a submarine disaster. There was an accident on board a Russian submarine in the year 2000, and it stranded a large number of sailors. That’s next. — Colin Firth

I backpacked through France and Italy in my teens, and then I was at Cannes with the first movie I did in ’84. — Colin Firth

I was in a lake in ‘Love Actually’, and I was attacked by some hideous aquatic beast and was rushed to the hospital by a man named Rafael! Something stung my elbow, and it blew up to the size of a tennis ball. — 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

I would definitely do TV, at the drop of a hat, if I was offered a good role. — Colin Firth

I feel more comfortable in drama. Comedy is a high–wire act. I find it stressful. It’s a precision science in a way. — Colin Firth

I don’t want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it’s gone. I think it’s fine. — Colin Firth

Because I am an Englishman I spent most of my life in a state of embarrassment. — Colin Firth

Comedy–particularly the frothy and frivolous–is notoriously neglected by festivals and awards. But it’s bloody hard to get right. — Colin Firth