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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-was-well-aware-of-that-when-i-heard-they-were-remaking-total-recall/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/colin-farrell-2887_directors_i-was-well-aware-of-that-when-i-heard-th_159668.jpg)

> [Hollywood. It lacks originality. Remake sucks.' But I had to look deeper into it from my own perspective. We are not trying to compete with the original at all and that's what allowed me to pull the trigger without any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/hollywood-it-lacks-originality-remake-sucks-but-i-had-to-look-deeper/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

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## Other authors on Remakes

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rob-zombie-79412.jpg) Rob Zombie 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/remakes/rob-zombie/)

## More by Colin Farrell

> [Initially, less appealing to me than the idea of a vampire that is drawn by some misgiving or drawn by some sense of longing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/initially-less-appealing-to-me-than-the-idea-of-a-vampire-that-is/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [I miss the people, the pubs, the canal, fish and chips - curry sauce on the side - cheese and nachos with jalapeno peppers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-miss-the-people-the-pubs-the-canal-fish-and-chips-curry-sauce-on/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [I had a list of about 35 restaurants, 25 of which were fast-food joints all around Los Angeles and I didn't get a quarter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-had-a-list-of-about-35-restaurants-25-of-which-were-fast-food/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [I couldn't care less about who sees my bits ... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-couldn-t-care-less-about-who-sees-my-bits-my-friends-asked-how-i/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [I get no kicks from going to the gym. It doesn't do it for me. Never has. Some people enjoy working out. But that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-get-no-kicks-from-going-to-the-gym-it-doesn-t-do-it-for-me-never/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [At the end of the day, it's all one version of telling a story. I treated this as if it was a two million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/at-the-end-of-the-day-it-s-all-one-version-of-telling-a-story-i/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/vampires-have-always-held-a-very-seductive-kind-of-lore-and-have/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [I was well aware of that when I heard they were remaking 'Total Recall.' My first reaction was: 'Ewww, really okay?' And the director…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-was-well-aware-of-that-when-i-heard-they-were-remaking-total-recall/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/being-irish-is-very-much-a-part-of-who-i-am-i-take-it-everywhere-with/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [Quite often on a movie like Total Recall you have this training period of two or three months where, like on the first 'Underworld'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/quite-often-on-a-movie-like-total-recall-you-have-this-training/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [I count 'Underworld 4' as my training period for 'Total Recall.' I do think it was hard because I didn't realize how tired I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/i-count-underworld-4-as-my-training-period-for-total-recall-i-do/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [Maybe finding love is an impossibility. I've been lucky enough in my life to have been in love a few times. I've felt how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/maybe-finding-love-is-an-impossibility-i-ve-been-lucky-enough-in-my/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/an-actor-said-recently-that-unless-you-re-a-parent-you-shouldn-t-play/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [Myself and Yorgos Lanthimos, we spoke a little bit and I was at a certain body weight that I was closer to making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/myself-and-yorgos-lanthimos-we-spoke-a-little-bit-and-i-was-at-a/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

> [Most of actor's work is done at home, in your hotel room, in the wee hours of the morning thinking and reading and feeling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-farrell/most-of-actor-s-work-is-done-at-home-in-your-hotel-room-in-the-wee/)

[Colin Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-farrell/)

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