Terry O'Quinn Quotes

Terry O'Quinn

Terry O'Quinn

American Actor

Born: Jul 15, 1952

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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. Terry O'Quinn

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Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around. Terry O'Quinn

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I found my faith to be more about my belief, my spirituality, about nature. Terry O'Quinn

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I can't start a fire with two sticks or hunt rabbits or anything like that. Terry O'Quinn

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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. Terry O'Quinn

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. Terry O'Quinn

I'll watch golf while I work out. I'm your average golf fan. Terry O'Quinn

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It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me, even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing, by the way; I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous. Terry O'Quinn

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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!' Terry O'Quinn

Don't pick the wrong target when you're angry, and don't hurt the ones you love or the ones who love you, because if you keep a good attitude and are prepared to do your work, you just might get an opportunity out of the blue. Terry O'Quinn

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. Terry O'Quinn

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