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 couragedangerextra share on social
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 badlyfacehelp Change image and share on social
Forget trying to be sexy. That's just gruesome. Colin Firth forgetgruesomesexy Change image and share on social
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 americabelongbriefly Change image and share on social
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 bombardchequecontemplate Change image and share on social
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 actorbigcase share on social
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 complicityengagegrandparent share on social
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. Colin Firth agechangedecide share on social
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 associateloserparanoid Change image and share on social
