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.

Quote by Colin Firth

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I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than...

I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than...

I do think I'm a character actor.

I do think I'm a character actor.

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

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

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.

It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so...

It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so...

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

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

I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People...

I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People...

I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the...

I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the...

The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child...

The last thing I would attempt to do is to buy clothes for a child...

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word...

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word...

My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be...

My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be...

I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the...

I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the...

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

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

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would...

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would...

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

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

I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until...

I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until...

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.

I have a kind of neutrality, physically, which has helped me. I have a face...

I have a kind of neutrality, physically, which has helped me. I have a face...

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other...

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other...

In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in...

In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in...