Words matter. These are the best Terry O’Quinn Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When I find a golf course or a restaurant or a market that I like, that’s pretty much exclusively where I go.
I was raised in the country. I haven’t spent any time in the cities that people say are the best. I haven’t spent much time in Chicago or San Francisco.
The normal state of an actor is unemployed.
When I was growing up, it was a bad time to be in the military. It was the time of Vietnam, but I was never called up.
When I was in high school, I fell in love with Olivia Hussey in ‘Romeo And Juliet.’
I’m always looking for work. There are only two states of being an actor, so if I’m not working, I’m looking for employment.
I like New York in the spring and in the fall. It’s one of the best cities to walk that I’ve ever been in.
People ask me, ‘Are you worried you’re going to be typecast as a John Locke type of guy?’ I say he’s the perfect guy to be typecast as! He’s vulnerable and ambitious and sort of unstable. It was a good actor’s role.
I know ‘Lost’ used to drive people mad trying to anticipate what was happening or what something meant.
I have two concerns with my work: having good things to act, and getting paid. In that order. Although if you’re not getting paid well, that order can change. But that’s what I’m concerned about. Good scenes. Decent money.
It’s amazing how you cross paths with people. You work intimately, and then you never see them again the rest of your life, or even speak.
I don’t think I could play a character that I couldn’t relate to somehow. I’m not unfamiliar with frustration, anger, shame, helplessness and a load of other emotions that make up our psycho-soup. I try to focus on that frustration, that sense of unfairness, and multiply it.
I don’t know much about cities. When I go places, I usually stay in the country.
Yeah, I like working in television, a lot. I really enjoyed my time on ‘Lost.’ I like developing that hint of family with people. I mean, if you’re on a happy set. If you’re on a set where there’s some sour apples, then I don’t like working in television.
‘Heaven’s Gate’ I remember, because it was the first movie I ever was cast in.
The reality is that most of us actors have to take work that we would rather not at some time.
I understand what ‘Lost’ was, and I count my blessings. I’m usually happy to talk to people. I don’t think I’ve ever had anybody say anything negative to me about it except, ‘I didn’t get the ending. What the hell was that all about?’ And I’m like, ‘Talk to Damon Lindelof!’
I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles, but I probably wouldn’t say it’s my favorite city.
I’d rather not be a roofer.
It’s amazing to me – what is this love affair we have with bad guys? With the bad boy in high school, with the anti-hero, et cetera, et cetera? Because I was always just a very nice boy. I didn’t get it.
There’s no advice for when you’re out of money, and there’s none coming in, and nobody’s going to give you any.
I developed more as an actor in the course of ‘Lost’ than I had in any period in my career before because they trusted me and allowed me to use the tools that I finally brought out. And quite honestly, it’s only been since ‘Lost’ that I’ve had any sort of financial stability.
I don’t like Type-A actors, and I don’t like Type-A golfers. I like people who relax into what they do and who enjoy it for the process.
I can’t start a fire with two sticks or hunt rabbits or anything like that.
I can relate to somebody wanting to have something to believe in.
