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 It's
sort of a show about the human species, not a show about anybody from
any particular country or any nationality or any religious background.
His
house has become a Mecca for all the other actors... He opens the door
for everyone to come over on Sundays
I
shaved off all my hair the day I wrapped Party of Five. It was
incredibly liberating.
Initially
I was approached to do modeling, but I declined, before a more lucrative
option emerged. I was looking for a way to put myself through
school.
I
was studying very hard, I was athletically very involved, so I started
doing TV commercials, because for a day's work you get paid every time
they run. I had some success with it: I did two or three commercials
while I was at Columbia.
It
was totally inspired, totally ripped off the idea from Jeff Bridges.
I’m unashamed to admit that. I have a friend, Scott Wolf, who worked
on a movie, White Squall, with Jeff Bridges and I remember seeing the
book that Scott got from that project. I was like, ‘Oh, that’s the
coolest cast and crew gift anybody could ever give anybody.
I
loved it. I looked at it as a sort of graduate programme for me: I had
to learn about acting on film.
I
was very thankful to be in a situation where I was working on a show
that was so well received and well written, I was being paid pretty
well, and had the opportunity to grow and learn a lot as an actor.
Oh,
it would have been really different. I would have enjoyed playing it.
What
we as a cast went through that first season mirrored what you saw on
screen: people with no preexisting history, thrown together on an
island; becoming a tight-knit bunch in the course of trying to make
sense of this weird world. Then, to have these other characters come in
- it's added an interesting new energy both to the show and our
experience.
She
is absolutely beautiful, and obviously the Jack and Kate relationship is
one that I like a lot!
I
really felt like after six years of the show, I needed to drop out for a
while. I wanted to let audiences forget about me as that particular
character. I'd been in people's living rooms for six years playing
Charlie Salinger, and I think people thought that's who I was. I went
away, did some plays in small theatres, which was fantastic. Then I came
back with something much darker and edgier, a long way from Party of
Five.
He
was going to set the audience up the way the pilot episode goes now
where you're starting with Jack Shephard, and you can see he's the guy,
his is the perspective on the situation, and then suddenly, in the
second act he was going to kill him off. But after showing the version
to his trusted friends and family the feedback he got was "it's
absolutely great, but you simply cannot kill off Jack Shephard."
Every
week when people get done watching an episode of LOST, they have no idea
what's going to happen next. And they can't wait to find out, that's
what storytelling is about.
It
was a super experience, and I'm really proud of it. It did exactly what
I wanted it to. I'm very selective with what I choose to do. I was
turning down quite a lot of stuff before Lost came along.
I'll
always be a Tastycake fan, but I haven't had any for a long time.
It’s
a snappy role, it’s a fun role and Josh does such a great job with it.
We have a really good time playing those two characters and really
messing with each other. We have days when we don’t talk to each other
too much, and then we hug each other and move on.
Cardio
is the only way for me. I'd be lying if I said I didn't like to be in
good shape. I have my own vanity, for sure, but you feel better when
you're healthier.
It
was one of the few times in my career I've ever gone to meet somebody
without reading a script. It was top secret, and nobody was allowed to
read it. So I went in just knowing about Abrams, literally nothing
else.
I
never go in that blind. Upon meeting me, I think he really saw me as
Jack Shephard. I said That's great, but I don't know who Jack Shephard
is.
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