Colin Firth Acceptance Speech Venice Coppa Volpi 2009

Colin Firth acceptance speech for Best Actor Award at Venice Film Festival 2009. Thanks to Ginny & ladies at Colin Firth Forever!

Translation: "Over the years this country has swamped me with gifts, apart from culture, literature, great movies, art, cooking, vines, grappa, it gave me a wonderful wife, a wonderful wife and two wonderful kids and for all that being here tonight with this gift in my hands, here in this country, perhaps its the greatest honour of my life.
I'm here for the gift Tom Ford gave me; he gave me his trust, not as a professional deal, but he had just this thing very very personal, very precious, very important for him and he put it in my hands and thereby it became personal, important and precious also for me, something to keep forever and he gave me also the opportunity to work with these great talented persons, great friends Julianne, Matthew, etc. share this with all of you. To Tom Ford-- I'm looking forward to see your next piece of work.

My wonderful wife that inspired me, loved me, beared me since 15 years, with patience to bear this strange roles, these different husbands with which she lives. Thank you. Thanks all of you, thanks jury, thanks festival."

Thanks Esther & Vale from Firth Sisters! http://firthsisters.proboards.com/index.cgi

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Entertainment

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• Colin Firth
• Best Actor
• A Single Man
• Coppa Volpi
• Venice Film Festival

[colinnut1]

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[jubinne]

Wow! He is so fluent in Italian! I saw the movie last week and loved it , specially his performance and the music. He has always been my Mr. Darcy.

Jubinne

[ellentweek]

sei davvero un grande colin! sono contenta che tu ami l'italia quanto io amo te!!!!

<3 colin!

ps

il premio te lo strameritavi!!!!!

[annaDarcy17]

awwwwww<3 <3 how can he be so sweet¿¿¿ I mean in italian and flattered about his wife! and I did see those tears! Sei un amore COLIN!! love u TI AMO!

[FantasmadiBardi]

WE LOVE YOU COLIN!!! Sei un amore!!! <3 <3 <3

[missineichen]

can someone type the speech in italian? then i'll paste it on google translate hehe :)

[MsADiez]

that's so cool that he won in his wife's country...his Italian is great! Geez, could he be any sexier?!

[missineichen]

@agreatgeat he speaks italian fluently without practice/preparation. To see, type in "Intervista a Colin Firth - prima parte" into youtube! :)

[missineichen]

it's really sweet that he learnt italian for his wife <3

[lovelydiva06]

oh his hotness level just went up ten fold now knowing he speaks italian fluently, he already has that sexy accent as a british man, then he speaks italian and he keeps getting more and more handsome with age, oh be still my heart mr firth, love colin, he's a fantastic actor and a single man is a great film and every award he receives for this film is well deserved

[southernbrooklyngal]

omg i think i fell even more in love with this man...such a class act...get that oscar next week honey...