Colin Firth Tweaks Celeb Botox Culture

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 8th 2009 02:22PM

Colin Firth has lashed out against plastic surgery and Botox injections, calling the procedures "a disaster" for actors, whose faces he says are "supposed to move."

"Injecting something into your face so it's paralyzed, or cutting bits of it up so that you take any signs of life out of it is catastrophic if you're going to express yourself in any way at all," the 48-year-old 'Bridget Jones' actor told BBC.

Botox temporarily paralyzes muscles in the face, which makes some facial expressions impossible. Firth criticized this inability to express emotion, comparing an actor's face to an instrument. "Why on earth would you take a violin and make the strings so they don't vibrate?"

Surprisingly, Firth is still open to the idea of altering his looks via surgery. He confessed that he would "do it tomorrow if I thought it would look good -- but I haven't seen anything I think really works that well."

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Stars Under the Knife

Bruce Jenner (pictured with wife Kris) gave himself quite the present for his upcoming 60th birthday: a new face. "He corrected work that was done 25 years ago that he wasn't happy with," says his stepdaughter Kim Kardashian.

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Did They Go Under the Knife?

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"My stomach became the most ripply, bulgy thing. I had a hernia, this huge bump next to my bellybutton. As a result, I couldn't wear a bikini. I lost a lot of work," Tara Reid said of her botched plastic surgery.

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Cher has revealed multiple surgeries over the years, including a rhinoplasty and breast implants.

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"I wanted to come clean that I had my boobs done in my 20s because people falsely write that I've had all these things done," Tori Spelling told USA Today in 2008.

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"I saw a picture of myself and thought, 'Uh-oh.' You have to be careful. I'm a perfect example of that! There are many things you can do to make yourself look better," Lisa Rinna says of her plastic surgery.

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Comments

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Saturday 12 September

By Jeani

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What? Was he just using NLP and trying to convert cosmetic surgery skeptics? First he starts off by saying "Why on earth would you take a violin and make the strings so they don't vibrate?", which is an intelligent question but then he ends by saying
"do it tomorrow if I thought it would look good". He just answered his own question or rather popeater set this article up as a celebrity endorsement of cosmetic surgery. People do it because they think it will look good but it doesnt it looks absolutely gross. It looks like Colin had his forehead smoothed. Which on a man isnt too noticeable but these women walking around with their gross faces and tire tube lips disgust me. This article takes you from being a skeptic like me and creates a "maybe" or a future consideration. How dead do you have to be inside to consider cosmetic surgery? Ladies stop thinking with your twat and use your mind.

Theres nothing wrong with judging the real problem is lacking GOOD judgment.

By jackie

I feel so sorry for all of the actors that feel that plastic surgery is a good thing Look at Meg Ryan? she now looks like the joker from Batman, Prisella Presley OMG! Kenny Rogers is a disaster ..... The Botox look is so awful!!!!! PEOPLE STOP it you are fine the way you are.

By Renee

...not to mention that an innocent animal is "sacrifced" with every batch, to ensure dosage consistency.
One of Botox's dirty little secrets!

Renee

By narek

I think we need to remember what happened to Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, two of the most beautiful people on earth ever! I think it's our personal style that is important, not how beautiful, young and so-called perfect we are! Our personal style represents who we are on the inside in a way more healthy, fun way! I think the fashion police need to be silenced through the media and other extrememe forms of humilation!

By Mary

I agree with Colin. Accepting the process of aging is the ability to like yourself and embrace the stages of life we all go through. Of course, everyone would love to be looking young and vibrant forever, but that's not reality. Many people who have proceedures done to their faces that look awful and probably wish they could have their old faces back again! I don't judge others if they decide to have cosmetic surgery, I just don't think it's for me.

Monday 05 October

By val

I also agree with Colin, but would add that if you keep the twinkle in your eyes you will always attract, no matter how wrinkled you face or grey your hair.

Sunday 07 February

By Janet Walker

Colin Firth made "A Serious Man" and it has never made the rounds at the movie theaters like all the other movies so how do people get to vote for a movie or an actor if they don't get to see the movie. It really irks me to no end. His picture is at one movie house across town from where I live and I have seen all the other movies right here where I live. It isn't fair.

Monday 31 January

By Jean Friend

Colin Firth will be 51 in September, born in 1960.

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