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.

We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life... view

By: Colin Firth

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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... view

By: Colin Firth

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

By: Colin Firth

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Forget trying to be sexy. That's just gruesome... view

By: Colin Firth

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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... view

By: Colin Firth

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Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering... 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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People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing. They were all doing something rather different... view

By: Colin Firth

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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?.. view

By: Colin Firth

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

By: Colin Firth

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I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird... view

By: Colin Firth

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