As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff. Colin Firth More Quotes by Colin Firth More Quotes From Colin Firth Just driving I just was in a car on flat ground and I couldn't make it go. Having ticked driving and taken three driving lessons, I just was unable to produce any motion whatsoever under perfectly normal circumstances. I think we've all been busted on driving, and riding. Colin Firth perfectly-normaltakenthinking Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering. Colin Firth bridget-jonesflattering Nothing brings you closer together than blind terror. Colin Firth terrorblindtogether So, if you haven't picked up some tips during an apprenticeship like that, you shouldn't be directing. It doesn't mean you can do it, but it loads you up with information. Colin Firth apprenticeshipinformationmean 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 historicalwritingpeople If I were to write a book about the progress of getting to a third film, it would be a long one. Colin Firth writinglongbook 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. Colin Firth degreesableattention Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood. Colin Firth pursuedhollywood The failure so far of the governments of so many of the worlds most powerful countries in the face of such egregious unfairness ... to make the slightest progress on the issue of fair trade is hard to explain. Colin Firth governmentpowerfulcountry I feel more comfortable in drama. Comedy's is a high-wire act. I find it stressful. It's a precision science, in a way. And when you're filming, the thing comedy depends on becomes a much more difficult commodity. The thing you depend on is spontaneity. Colin Firth comedyspontaneitydrama I have a great deal of respect for the craft, I don't know how much respect it has for me. But it's a precision process. Doing it on stage would be, I think, terrifying. Doing it on film has its own difficulties, because film is not conducive to spontaneity. You might have a run through and get a few chuckles at eight o'clock in the morning, but you don't keep laughing at the same thing all day long. Colin Firth runningmorningthinking 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 filmbigsmoments No matter how much technique you draw on or how much training you have, acting is a mystery. Colin Firth trainingtechniqueacting My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s. Colin Firth ministersgrandmothercommon I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky. Colin Firth luckystrugglethinking If you're playing someone who's impeded by fear, or shyness, or has whatever dysfunction your character might have, you have to achieve the dysfunction first, imaginatively, in order to play someone who is trying to negotiate their way out of it. Colin Firth dysfunctioncharacterorder 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 upsetcrazypeople You have to be ill if you want to get better. Colin Firth get-betterillwant Directors don't get to see other directors at work - they're the only one on the set. I've met directors who've asked me what another filmmaker is like. So, there's probably nobody better placed to make all the comparisons and to pick up stuff than an actor. Colin Firth actorsstuffdirectors However good a communicator a director is, unless they've been actors, it's just not the same as the shorthand you get with someone who's been an actor. Colin Firth shorthandactorsdirectors
