In an recent interview with Detail Magazine, the 36 year old actor better known for making films such as “Phone Booth,” “S.W.A.T,” and “The Recruit,” opens up about his past. Colin Farrell admits to using both drugs and alcohol as well as lying to everyone around him but mostly to himself. Click below to read full interview.
Colin Farrell has always been outspoken … the only difference is today he’s telling the truth. The 36-year-old Dublin native admits that when he was abusing drugs and alcohol early in his career — which took off lightening fast thanks to movies like “Phone Booth, “S.W.A.T,” and “The Recruit” — he wasn’t being honest with himself or anyone else. In a new interview with Details, the now clean-and-sober actor gets candid about his past addiction as well as the ups and downs of parenting.
Oh, I wouldn’t tell a truth all day,” Farrell tells the mag of his life before entering rehab in 2006. “If I’d had chicken and beans for dinner, I’d tell you I had steak and potatoes. No purpose, just habit. The amount of energy you have to put in and the amount of lies you have to tell to keep a drug habit alive, it’s fairly significant. Your whole life is a lie.” Since he has been sober, the “Seven Psychopaths” star says he feels like he has more time and no longer walks through life in a haze. “Honestly, I’ve got eight hours a day now that I didn’t have before, when I was drinking every day for 18 years,” he admits
