"And 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
"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
"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
