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.

I do think I'm a character actor... view

By: Colin Firth

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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... view

By: Colin Firth

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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... view

By: Colin Firth

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It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another... view

By: Colin Firth

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In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me... view

By: Colin Firth

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

By: Colin Firth

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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... view

By: Colin Firth

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

By: Colin Firth

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

By: Colin Firth

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

By: Colin Firth

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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... view

By: Colin Firth

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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... view

By: Colin Firth

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