It's hard being beautiful, says Mr Darcy actor Colin Firth But Firth, who has since starred in films such as The King's Speech and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, says attractiveness can be a hindrance especially for those who have chosen a different career path. I think a lot of talented and very bright people who are also physically beautiful have to work very hard if they don't want to just lean on their looks. In an interview with website The Talks, Firth said: "I think there's resentment, there is the feeling that you can't have it all. I think the complexities of our own urban lives mean that there are opportunities for people who are not physically beautiful. I think it is rather expected that if you want to become a professor, that you don't look like someone from Baywatch. And I think someone that has the mind of a professor and also looks like Baywatch would just ---- people off because they don't want them to have all of that.