Colin Farrell, 49, said his worst day on a film set was when he screwed up a line over 40 times while shooting in front of his sister and film icons, Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg.

During an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Farrell recalled being excited to star alongside Cruise in Minority Report and be directed by Spielberg because he grew up watching their films.

But on May 31st, 2002, halfway through shooting, Farrell came to the set after a night out partying for his 25th birthday and was not in the best state to perform. Farrell said he struggled to say the line, “I’m sure you’ve all grasped the fundamental paradox of precrime methodology.”

“It took 46 takes,” Farrell added. “Tom wasn’t very happy with me.”

Farrell admitted that he initial

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