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Colin Firth
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Colin Firth
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 10
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Television Actor
Grayshott
Hampshire
Colin Andrew Firth
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Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.
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I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones. Perhaps I should do another musical.
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But this is where you get all the market research and things get in danger of becoming formulaic, and where you depend on brands and getting recognised actors. It's the thing that precludes risk very often, otherwise everyone would be avant-garde all over the place.
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Maybe it's shallow of me to have a wife that's so beautiful, but it makes things easier. To me she's the most beautiful woman in the world.
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