#at

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

#america #belong #briefly #extent #felt

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#art form #become #breathing #breathing thing #form

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections. ↗

— John Thune

#change #consideration #country #direction #elections

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

#drive #get #i #incredibly #me

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#failed #humiliating #idiots #more #nothing

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

#afterwards #big #case #instinct #me

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#been #character #had #hold #i

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

#although #been #cheques #come #contemplate

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all. ↗

— Colin Firth

#go #rational #thing #want #wherever

I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the punishment which might be inflicted on me. ↗

— Bram Fischer

#any #court #deliberate #disrespectful #fear