Colin Farrell Quotes
I was well aware of that when I heard they were remaking 'Total Recall.' My first reaction was: 'Ewww, really okay?' And the director said you should really look at it, the script is good. I had already done a remake. I had just finished 'Fright Night.' When I heard about that being remade, I had a whole ego thing... remake?. 'That is so uncool! I loved the original, I can't possibly do that.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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Our culture is at its best when we protect and encourage the weakest. Every life - at every stage, in every place - has a dignity beyond our imagining.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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I think soccer is more respected now than it ever has been. You can see that in the numbers of young kids who are playing and the numbers of people who are coming to watch.
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The best defense against logic is ignorance.
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I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.
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Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.
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I was well aware of that when I heard they were remaking 'Total Recall.' My first reaction was: 'Ewww, really okay?' And the director said you should really look at it, the script is good. I had already done a remake. I had just finished 'Fright Night.' When I heard about that being remade, I had a whole ego thing... remake?. 'That is so uncool! I loved the original, I can't possibly do that.
