Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.
Colin FirthThere's a paraphrase about Orson Welles saying: "Great films are made by great directors and the rest are made by everyone else." I've been very lucky... before I start insulting the profession of directing, but I think a good director is everything and a bad director really is nothing at all.
Colin FirthAs much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.
Colin FirthLess racist now but it has been. I don't think it's been completely stamped out. There's a class element to it. And who's supposed to do what. You're very unlikely to get a gay grip.
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