Colin Farrell Net Worth

Colin Farrell's Quotes

• Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
• [on people who drink tequila] I tell them, "When you're at home puking your guts out, I'll be here drinking my Amstel Light.".
• [on appearing nude in Tigerland (2000)] I couldn't care less about who sees my bits... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!
• [on physical training for film roles] I find it the most tedious waste of life. It's so boring. I'd prefer to be sitting in a pub with a few strangers talkin' shit than looking at meself in the mirror runnin' on the treadmill.
• It all goes back to [Joel Schumacher]. I wouldn't have done Phone Booth (2002) without him. I wouldn't be doing Hart's War (2002). I probably wouldn't have done American Outlaws (2001) if he hadn't picked me out of obscurity. I've worked, but not at the level or people I'm working with now if he hadn't taken a chance on an Irish kid playing a Texan.

Interesting Facts about Colin Farrell

1. Son of Irish football player, Eamon Farrell.
2. Dropped out of the Gaiety Drama School in Dublin and a few months later auditioned for a part in Ballykissangel (1996) and was successful.
3. The youngest of the four children, he has one brother Eamonn Farrell and two sisters: Catherine Farrell and Claudine Farrell.
4. His sister Claudine Farrell is also his personal assistant.
5. Ranked #98 in Premiere magazine's 2003 annual Power 100 List. It is his first appearance on the list.
6. Named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (2003).
7. His mother, Rita, forced him to take dancing lessons once his brother, Eamon Farrell Jr., started them. Eamon also got him into acting by attending an acting school and later recommending it to Colin.
8. Voted 6th in 'The World's Sexiest Man of 2003' in Company magazine.
9. His girlfriend, model Kim Bordenave, gave birth to a 7lb. 9oz. baby boy called James Padraig. He was born on Friday September 12th, 2003 in a Los Angeles hospital.
10. He has suffered from chronic insomnia since he was 12 years old.
11. One of his favourites books is "When Nietzsche wept" by Irvin D. Yalom.
12. He says that growing up, one of his childhood idols was Al Pacino. He got the chance to work opposite his hero in The Recruit (2003) (an experience he described as "scary as hell to work opposite a legend," even though he says Pacino was one of the kindest men he'd ever met and says they still hang out together).
13. On his left ring finger, above the knuckle he has the name "Millie" tattooed. "Millie" was a nickname for his former girlfriend Amelia Warner.
14. He has two tattoos on his left forearm. The first one is the words "Carpe Diem" (Latin for "Seize the day"). Beside this tattoo there is a second tattoo, which is a black cross.
15. Auditioned to become a member of the Irish boyband, Boyzone, but was turned down.
16. Daredevil (2003) marks the first time he has been able to use his own Irish accent in an American movie.
17. His idol Al Pacino called him "the best actor of his generation."
18. Played soccer during his youth.
19. Treated for exhaustion and dependency on prescription medication in December 2005. The medication was prescribed to the actor after a back injury, publicist Danica Smith said in a written statement, which revealed Farrell had checked himself into an undisclosed treatment center. "No other comments (are) to be made at this time," the statement said.
20. Was originally considered for the role of Matt Murdock/Daredevil in the film adaptation of the comic Daredevil (2003) while Ben Affleck, who ultimately played Murdock, was originally considered for the role of Bullseye (Farrell's character).