A biography for Colin Farrellhasn’t been written yet.
“You're scrutinized all through your life - you're scrutinized by your family, by yourself, by society, and your friends in a certain way, shape, or form.”
“I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.”
“I'm not going to lie, there are more interesting ways to spend your time than answering questions about yourself. But if there were no questions to ask me, I might have a beef with that.”
“I'm a big old romantic.”
“The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.”
“But we're born as children and we look at the world with open eyes... And we don't judge and we don't betray. We're not jealous. We're not envious. We're not even weary, which is a danger also as kids. They have to learn a certain amount of awareness.”
“You spend so much time in your head in life. And what yoga does is, it asks you to allow your head to be quiet, to allow it to be still, just for an hour and a half. Just deal with your body and your breath. And it's a great workout. I love it.”
“כל מה שאני וכל מה שאני מקווה להיות, יש לי לאמא שלי להודות.”
“אני לא ממהר להגיע לשום מקום. אין לי שום תוכניות. אין לי מפה. אם היית עושה בעסק הזה היית הורס את עצמך. קשיים נוטים להתאחד.”
“אני אומר להם, 'כשאתה בבית מוציא את המעיים שלך, אני אהיה כאן שותה את אמסטל אור שלי'.”
“I do enjoy reading some science fiction.”
“The sea always offers up incredible stories of survivors' fortitude. Myths of a lot of countries have variations on that.”
“I'm not keen on cars and motorbikes. I tried to be a biker, but it wasn't me - I bought a Harley-Davidson and dumped it.”
“Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.”
“I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate - it's not a new philosophy I'm sharing - more than hardship, hardship tends to unify.”
“If after you read something, you connect with it, you want to do it.”
“Vampires have always held a very seductive kind of lore and have always been some variety of attractive, whether it's attractiveness that's born of just the physical attributes that they have - this kind of ethereal beauty or translucent pallor - or whether it is more to do with the way they carry themselves.”
“I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.”
“I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone.”
“Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.”