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One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minis

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age – at the age of 38 in fact – he changed course and decided to become a doctor. – Colin Firth

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My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so Ive sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so theres no virtue in that its the way one is raised. – Colin Firth

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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

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