William Mapother Quotes

I don't think that necessarily I was encouraged by the nuns and the priest to consider alternate possibilities to the universe.

Every actor has their own method, so I'm not suggesting what works for me will work for everybody else.

I feel honored to be a part of something that provided people with entertainment and that inspired conversations. I feel very, very fortunate.

One of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into.

I do like taking on responsibility, sometimes too much. But I was aware of that early on and it's something that came up in the previous set of interviews, and that is the actor‛s contribution.

Look, we all know how hard it is for us to - I'm going to speak for myself - find a still photo of yourself that you like. Like how many times do people send photos and you're like, "Oh burn it."

Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.

If you're going to do a guest spot on television, they need bodies on those procedural TV shows. You've got to keep working, and that's where a lot of the work is.

I went to Notre Dame. I don't know if that has any relevance, but maybe we all had a little too much philosophy and theology.

In the summer of 2009, I was at the Shakespeare lab at the public theater in New York.

If you think about filmmaking as an entire spectrum, starting with the writer and ending with maybe the marketing department, the actor's contribution is a rather slender band.

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience.

I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning.

I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.

I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories.

One of the great things about having been on Lost is people coming up and feeling so enthusiastic about the show and saying, "Oh it provided us so much entertainment," or "It inspired conversations."

I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college.