Colin Firth Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 10, 1960

Topics

I AmMindAmericanFeelAmericaUp

I grew up in a very, very diverse neighborhood back home in Maryland. And when I see that on TV shows, it makes me want to watch it, personally. I just gravitate towards that.

Jermaine Fowler

HomeMeBackWantSeeI See

Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.

Joel Osteen

HabitTreatThinkBetterBadDream

Everyone should have two or three hives of bees.

Sue Hubbell

ThreeTwoEveryoneBeesShould

If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn't it?

Sidney Buchman

LifeMysteryExploreLeftGetWould

Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums.

Ritchie Blackmore

TimeMeMoreInspiredStillAround

There are so many forms of soul: David Bowie was soulful as hell; Johnny Cash was soulful as hell; you also have a Prince, a Stevie Wonder. I want to bring my perception of that and not live inside the box of, 'This is the type of tracks you get,' 'This is the type of drums you get.'

Ro James

LiveSoulPerceptionHellYouWant

As an actor and a writer, the anxiety about doing TV is that you start to feel like you get married to one tone or one kind of idea and you feel like you want to be able to express a lot of different things.

Mike White

StartFeelAnxietyDoingYouKind

I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing.

Moira Kelly

MeComedyI CanCryTimingHard

The best actors do not let the wheels show.

Milan Kundera

BestWheelsShow

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

Julia Cameron

GoodBestEnoughNothingWorstTry

As a director, you're a bit of a dictator. But I feel that you're a better director if you're open to other people's ideas. It means that it's tougher: you have to be in a choosing process; you have to put the ego aside. As long as everybody's aiming in the same direction... I'm open to my main partners in the film crew.

Denis Villeneuve

PeopleIdeasEgoDirectionBetter

We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor.

Peter R. Grant

ObserveCommonSpeciesHowRelated

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