Lucky that I didn`t kill anyone: Colin Farrell

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Colin Farrell had been in such a bad state in life he felt lucky afterwards of not killing anyone.

The Irish hunk had hit the bottom during the making of 2006`s `Miami Vice` and knew it then that it was time to curb his wild ways, a magazine reported. "I had issues way before I ever stepped into an acting class - my family were worried about me for years and years. The stuff I used to get up to, the way I used to drive and what I used to have in my system - I`m profoundly lucky that I got out unscathed and that I didn`t kill anyone," said Farrell. The 33-year-old actor saw a string of flops, a sex tape scandal and a stint in rehab, after realising his addiction was becoming a big problem. "I was close to becoming really bad news. My kind of romantic fecklessness had turned into something more debilitating personally and creatively, because the word was spreading that I wasn`t reliable," Farrell said. However, he has now emerged clean with acclaimed performances in movies like `In Bruges and Crazy Heart`. Farrell is now spending quality time with his 6-year-old son, James, who suffers from a neurogenetic disorder called Angelman Syndrome, and "changing the nappies" of his six-month-old son, Henry. PTI