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71 Inspiring Colin Firth Quotes That Will Make You His Fan

Famous As: Actor, Producer and Screenwriter
Born On: September 10, 1960
Born In: Grayshott, England, United Kingdom
Age: 62 Years

Colin Firth is a critically acclaimed English actor known to play prominent roles in some of the most successful movies. He was determined to pursue a career in acting since his early days. He left his studies midway to join the ‘National Young Theatre’ in London at an age of seventeen. He worked in theater for few years which helped him to debut on the small screen. There he contributed significantly for some of the television shows including ‘Tumbledown’ to establish his reputation as an actor. This led to the first most notable show of his life called ‘Pride and Prejudice’ which brought him various distinguished awards. He further experimented with different characters just to fight his fear of being type-cast. The most notable work of his career was his role in a drama film ‘The King’s Speech’ where he played the lead role. This role brought him the most renowned ‘Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role’. Apart from this, he has also won various other accolades including the ‘BAFTA Award for Best Actor’. We bring to you the greatest phrases, quotes and sayings by the celebrated actor which have been curated from his tweets, interviews, books, writings, dialogues, work, thoughts and life. Presenting the most popular thoughts and quotes by Colin Firth that will throw light on his perspective on the art of acting.

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.

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.

Colin Firth
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.

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.

Colin Firth
Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.

Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.

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.

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
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.

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'll be your friend so long as you're not crap

I'll be your friend so long as you're not crap

Colin Firth

My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised.

Colin Firth
Forget trying to be sexy. That's just gruesome.

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

Colin Firth
People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly photographed, that's not so nice. I would rather shake hands with someone and exchange a few words than take a selfie.

People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly photographed, that's not so nice. I would rather shake hands with someone and exchange a few words than take a selfie.

Colin Firth
I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects.

I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects.

Colin Firth
To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.

Colin Firth
There’s a paradox to most things in life. Acting is often dressing up in frocks and chasing your ego, but that doesn’t mean you don’t take it seriously.

There’s a paradox to most things in life. Acting is often dressing up in frocks and chasing your ego, but that doesn’t mean you don’t take it seriously.

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

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

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

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.

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
You have to be ill if you want to get better.

You have to be ill if you want to get better.

Colin Firth
The thing is that anybody looks good in the right clothes. It will affect your bearing. It will affect your demeanor. It informs the way you behave.

The thing is that anybody looks good in the right clothes. It will affect your bearing. It will affect your demeanor. It informs the way you behave.

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?

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

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

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

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

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

I enjoy playing Mr. Darcy, but I'm not hungry to play Mark Darcy again.

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

Something like 'A Single Man,' it was tiny; it was financed by one guy. We all lost money doing it.

Colin Firth
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.

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.

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

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 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.

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 can't imagine seeing Batman in black and white. It was such a colourful TV series. I know. I'm ancient. It wasn't abnormal to be without a television in those days. People who had colour were special.

I can't imagine seeing Batman in black and white. It was such a colourful TV series. I know. I'm ancient. It wasn't abnormal to be without a television in those days. People who had colour were special.

Colin Firth
Growing up, my mates and I would have rather been Sid Vicious or members of the Royal Family.

Growing up, my mates and I would have rather been Sid Vicious or members of the Royal Family.

Colin Firth
One of the things that makes you want to be an actor, speaking only for myself, is that there's something infantile about it. You're suspending disbelief, pretending and entering into a story world.

One of the things that makes you want to be an actor, speaking only for myself, is that there's something infantile about it. You're suspending disbelief, pretending and entering into a story world.

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.

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 love 'Manhattan', and I know it's not one of Woody's favorites.

I love 'Manhattan', and I know it's not one of Woody's favorites.

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

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

Colin Firth
In filming, you're waiting - you're waiting for lights, you're waiting for people to set things up - and when you're not waiting, you're repeating.

In filming, you're waiting - you're waiting for lights, you're waiting for people to set things up - and when you're not waiting, you're repeating.

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.

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
If one lazily thinks of what a fashion designer might do if he's going to conquer cinema next, it would be taking the opportunity to display his fashion sensibilities.

If one lazily thinks of what a fashion designer might do if he's going to conquer cinema next, it would be taking the opportunity to display his fashion sensibilities.

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.

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
As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.

As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.

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.

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
Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people.

Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people.

Colin Firth
We all know the dangers of sequels. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place too often, and I think you've got to move beyond it, go the extra mile and have the courage not to just repeat the first one.

We all know the dangers of sequels. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place too often, and I think you've got to move beyond it, go the extra mile and have the courage not to just repeat the first one.

Colin Firth
They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques.

They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques.

Colin Firth
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.

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.

Colin Firth
My singing voice is somewhere between a drunken apology and a plumbing problem.

My singing voice is somewhere between a drunken apology and a plumbing problem.

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

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

Colin Firth
Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

Colin Firth
Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.

Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.

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.

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 do think I'm a character actor.

I do think I'm a character actor.

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

I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.

Colin Firth
I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year.

I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year.

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

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

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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.

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.

Colin Firth
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.

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.

Colin Firth
Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

Colin Firth
My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be made to look one way or the other fairly easily... I am still not recognised on the street that much.

My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be made to look one way or the other fairly easily... I am still not recognised on the street that much.

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

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

Colin Firth
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.

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.

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.

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
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.

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

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.

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I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive.

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.

Colin Firth

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.

Colin Firth

'A great British icon' is not the phrase I'd use about anybody, but there are people you admire that happen to be British. I think it's a phrase that gets attached to anyone who's been around long enough to become overfamiliar.

Colin Firth

We are actors who show up for work in our sloppy gear, and we've got this extraordinary tailor. It's someone else who's done the design; someone else who's cut the suit; someone else who's measured it. Basically, your job is to just wear it.

Colin Firth

I think that, often, actors represent what they're not. You get people who define the aristocracy who are not aristocratic - they're lower-middle class or working class. An awful lot of your so-called angry young actors have grown up in extreme bourgeois comfort. It really is surprisingly common.

Colin Firth

I've grown up surrounded by Americans and to a very large extent feel American. It sounds strange because I seem to be so quintessentially English in everyone's mind - and perhaps I am. Perhaps it's quintessentially English to have a fascination with America.

Colin Firth

A life of very, very serious, po-faced films would drive me nuts. I need - and I'm fortunate to have - a fairly varied menu in that respect. I mean, I was shooting 'Mamma Mia!' at the same time as I was doing Michael Winterbottom's 'Genova'. That was a very, very bizarre summer.

Colin Firth

If you play a role, you want to familiarize yourself with that person's world. If I were playing an airline pilot or a doctor, I'd probably want to hang out with a doctor or an airplane pilot for a while, ask some questions. You don't get to hang out the kings. They don't help consult on movies. So your resources are, by necessity, secondary.

Colin Firth

I had heard all sorts of stories about Woody Allen's directing - directorial approach. And some of them turned out to be myth, but one of them was that he doesn't rehearse, and another was that he doesn't really direct. If he doesn't like it... he cuts it out of the movie or even replaces you. And he doesn't talk to you.

Colin Firth

The only reason I'm in 'Kingsman' is because Matthew enjoys playing with the unexpected. I'm not playing Harry Hart because I'm the butchest actor in Britain. I'm playing it because he said I'm the last person anyone would expect to see in that role!

Colin Firth

I've gotten involved in producing now, so the kinds of things that are more my own choice are more possible in that field because I don't have to be castable. I can actually get involved in getting stories off the ground that no one would ask me to be in because I'm the wrong age, the wrong sex, the wrong nationality, or whatever.

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