Colin Farrell is a little gun-shy

[HKinNY]

Colin Farrell is a little gun-shy
Updated Friday, October 17th 2008, 8:32 AM


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Colin Farrell and Lake Bell
Colin Farrell is admitting that he lacks gun control - and that may explain why the Irish actor has a love/hate relationship with revolvers.

"I don't like guns much, and the reason I don't like them is because I do like them," Farrell told us at the NYC premiere of his latest, "Pride and Glory." "If you put one in my hand, I feel incredibly omnipotent. And I hate that truth."

So what's the biggest gun he's ever held? "Oh, come now - rumors will start!" joked Farrell, who plays a dirty NYPD cop in the thriller. "A .50-caliber rifle. We shot a deck of playing cards, with a very delicate scope, lined up 400 yards away when we were practicing for 'S.W.A.T.'"

Meanwhile, writer/director Gavin O'Connor told us that despite coming from a family of NYPD's finest, he's had a few skirmishes with the law. "I've had run-ins with the cops," he said. "They were youthful indiscretions where my old man showed up at the precinct and bailed me out. There was a stern lecture on the way home."

And Lake Bell, who plays Farrell's wife in the flick (and once dated the actor), told us: "I would be a crap NYPD cop. I'd get on the scene and ask if we could all talk and work things out. I'd also have a karaoke machine in my car instead of a shotgun. I'd sing Mariah Carey. Make songs, not war."

Can somebody please translate this Double Speak for me?

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[archer51]

translation= they don't have a clew and like most of the Hollywood set, wouldn't are smart enough to figure it out if it is drawn out for them with pictures!

[ccman]

Come on they are actor's.

[Herknav]

Well, one's an actress.

[rolyat63]

Guns are evil and make people feel they are unstoppable, and we make love not violence. But they can't say it outright because they want everyone to buy a few tickets. They are in business and at a marketing event. Like the the guy in a video making a rant he made he observation that you see these pacifist actors on the front of the DVD case holding a gun while he is making a 007 pose.