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. Colin Farrell More Quotes by Colin Farrell More Quotes From Colin Farrell Around the world there are certain marital systems, certain physical systems, political systems, social systems, and all those things are kind of turned on their head but represented in various ways within "The Lobster." Colin Farrell politicallobsterworld I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition. Colin Farrell human-conditionfilmthinking Her Majesty's Secret Service wouldn't have me on the payroll. Colin Farrell majestyhollywoodsecret I do have the ability to explore life and to be over the moon at the smallest thing - a few pints and a craic in the pub and I'm in heaven. But I have a melancholy side to me as well. Acting allows me to feel things, it kind of buys me human experience. And I don't mean this as acting as higher cause, because it's not, but it does kind of have a higher awareness emotionally. Colin Farrell moonheavenmean I don't go to the gym or practice yoga. And the closest thing I have to a nutritionist is the Carlsberg Beer Company. I just have the appetite of a pigeon. Colin Farrell yogapracticebeer I like to go for a little drive up the California coast. Colin Farrell california-coastcalifornialittles Every week a tsunami rips through poor towns and villages all over the world ... That tsunami is hunger. Colin Farrell villageripworld An actor said recently that, unless you're a parent, you shouldn't play a parent in a film. I don't know who said it, but I disagree. I understand that maybe there are aspects that you don't understand, or maybe this actor or actress had a really strong recent experience with having their first or second or third born child. I don't know. 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Colin Farrell hintspianoteacher The original WAS a fun film. [Paul] Verhoeven made a couple of 'Robocops' that were so great, too. I think the level of excitement is great and Arnie [Schwarzenegger] was particularly charismatic with that chopped up English, and the size of the man with his confidence and sense of humor. Colin Farrell couplefunmen I'm enjoying [my career]. If anything I'm aware that the pressure of the first, I suppose, six or seven years I was in America - I mean that energy of having such a rapid and ascending celebrity - it's not there anymore. It's the end of that chapter and now I'm just enjoying the work probably more than I ever have and yet I'm simultaneously less attached to it I think, which is kind of a strange state of grace to be in. Colin Farrell meanamericathinking I just recently realized. It's very strange. But doing fight scenes with Kate [Beckinsale], I was little bit more cautious. You can go harder with a guy, which I don't mean as an insult. Colin Farrell guyfightingmean It's so technical. It's nothing personal. You're not fighting really, you're missing each other by a half of foot at least, ideally more and you get a few knocks and bruises. But with the kissing, you do kiss someone. Its lips on lips. Colin Farrell kissingfightingfeet It can be a bit annoying if another actor is trying to talk to the director and the wife is sitting on his lap. Colin Farrell wifetryingdirectors I am more comfortable doing a drama. Colin Farrell comfortabledrama Quite often on a movie like Total Recall you have this training period of two or three months where, like on the first 'Underworld' I was doing gymnastics and trampolining and all this stuff which I don't do in the movie necessarily, but mentally it helps. You come home and you go: 'Well, I've done all that. I must be an action star now!' So it helps you focus a little bit and gets you fit. Colin Farrell gymnasticsstarshome I called Nic Pizzolatto and he said, "No, no. You're in it the whole way through." That was fun to shoot [in The Lobster]. I had a few scenes in that show that were some of my favorite all-time scenes to be in. Colin Farrell funwaylobster I'll wait to see what the film [The Lobster] is, but it's set in a contemporary world, in America, there are hospitals and diners, parks, things that we will recognize and experienced ourselves but yet there's this similar kind of uneasiness through all the interactions and all the things that take place. It was unnerving reading the script. I kind of felt nauseous after reading it. Colin Farrell readingwaitingamerica
