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Jane Austen / Mrs Bennet: "He is a most disagreeable man; so high and so conceited".

Charlotte: "... but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement".

Colin Firth: "When Pride and Prejudice was offered I just thought, without even having read it 'Oh, that old warhorse' and I unwrapped the huge envelope with great trepidation."

"I think I was only about five pages in when I was hooked. It was remarkable. I don't think any script has fired me up quite as much, just in the most basic, romantic-story terms"

"I knew I had to listen to the voice inside me which said 'You enjoyed this. It's the only script you've been able to read for long time'. I had to take that seriously. But then the other thing was that I didn't feel I was right for Darcy. I didn't feel I would be able to make him what he should be. He seemed too big a figure somehow." [The Making of Pride and Prejudice. A Conversation with Colin Firth.]