Hollywood heartthrob Colin Farrell has said being alone has become really important to him as he gets older.
The A-Lister said that he discovered his fondness for solitude while in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Speaking during a chat to Emma Thompson for Vanity Fair, he said: “It was one of the most interesting things for me during lockdown. Even while understanding it was all temporary, aloneness is really important to me. Solitude is really important to me.
“I love people as well. But it really is more important the older I get, and it's not in an antisocial way. It's a very deep way and it's a lovely thing when I can get my hands on it.”
Thompson agreed, with Farrell saying it is his own choice that he favours being alone.
“But it's a choice. When aloneness is imposed upon a person, so many people in this world have nobody to reach out to, it's a carcinogen. You know? Lockdown imposed an aloneness on people who had never experienced aloneness before. I think that was one of the most powerful things about that time that we all shared on this planet too.”
Farrell also admitted he doesn’t consider his high-profile acting career his legacy, but instead said his two sons are his legacy that he will some day leave behind.
“But I truly don't consider myself a legacy. My legacy is quite clearly the two sons that I've been raising, one for 19 years and another for 13 years, and the gift that they are in my life. Truly. Excuse the quaintness of that.
“Banks would certainly be in there because I've spoken to people, I don't put this veil on it myself, but I've spoken to people that said that they experienced an amount of healing, watching Saving Mr. Banks. And I've spoken to a couple of people about Banshees or they've spoken to me about how they felt less alone watching the film.
“So those things are nice. It's not about legacy. You don't go to work, I certainly don't go to work every time, to affect the world. I go to make a living. Sometimes I go to have just a bit of fun.
"But you're always asking questions. And when the questions that I hold, just as a human being, are exposed to be as communal as I truly wish them to be, that's a lovely thing. It makes me feel less alone as well,” he added.
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