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Colin Farrell's kids don't understand his career

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Hollywood star Colin Farrell says his kids get confused with his appearance on TV as they don't know that he is an actor.

The 37-year-old star has two children from his previous relationships, James, 10, and Henry, four. His younger son got confused when he spotted him on TV, reported Contactmusic.

"They have no idea what I do for a living. Henry saw me on the TV screen once and he went, 'What are you doing there?' And James' way of processing the world is very particular, which is one of the beautiful things about him," Farrell said.

"I don't even know if I put a film on in front of James that he would even understand the idea of acting or performance - his cognitive capability is such that he understands a lot of magical and interesting things that I just don't, but there are a lot of boring things about the physical world that he may never be able to comprehend - and why should he?," Farrell said.
 

Farrell's elder son James is suffering from neuro-genetic disorder Angelman Syndrome. Farrell said he tries his best to make his children laugh, and he even cooks for them.

"I do the dad things, you know. I make silly voices. They think I'm the guy to go to when they want to watch cartoons on the television. And that I fail at making them laugh and that I make kind of decent chicken fingers, except sometimes I burn them.

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First Published: Mar 16 2014 | 7:25 AM IST

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