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William Mapother Biography

William Reibert Mapother Jr. (/ˈmeɪpɒθər/; born April 17, 1965) is an American actor, known for his role as Ethan Rom on the television series Lost.

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

Morning, Opera, Symphonies, Symphony

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. "

Entertainment, Feelings, Inspired, Lost, People, Show

If the question was did we want to delay the revelation?. . . Yeah, you want to delay it as long as possible because the audience knows that that moment is coming and you want to make them wait for it. They have to suffer a bit.

Delay, Long, Possible, Suffering, Wait, Waiting

They [teachers] beat it right out of me. Or they beat it into me and educated it out of me. I don't know; that's an interesting question. The Catholic schools required work, so I think that may have been where the work ethic came from, in answer to the question of how my character may have been shaped.

Character, Educated, Know, Required, School, Teacher

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

Actor, Actors, Generally, Giving, Power, Wise

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. "

Look, Looks, People, Send, Speak

I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience. I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories. Aside from the science aspect of it, the philosophical possibilities are so interesting.

Interesting, Love, Philosophical, Reading, Towards

So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and mark off the ones I've already met over the years. The few remaining I asked my agent and manager, "See if you can set up some meetings while I'm here. "

Casting, Mark, New York, Opportunity, Years, York

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.

Dames, Littles, Maybe, Notre, Philosophy, Relevance

One of the advantages of shooting digitally was that we had a lot of time. When you shoot, even if you do a good performance, it may get lost in the editing room. It's just one more way that a potentially good film might go astray.

Digitally, Editing, Lost, May, Room, Shooting

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.

Actors, Interviews, Like, Responsibility, Too Much

I remember when I was working on Mission: Impossible 2, John Woo said, "In Hong Kong, there's not much money and a lot of time. In Hollywood, a lot of money, not much time. " Personally I'd prefer not much money, a lot of time.

Hollywood, Hong, Hong Kong, Impossible, Personally, Working

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

Conversations, Entertainment, Honored, Inspired, People, Provided

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

Explosions, Sci Fi, Stories, Story, Thought Provoking, Thrives

I've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as a result, I've conditioned myself to go into small independent films with the expectation that they will not, and therefore, I have to find my reward elsewhere.

Conditioned, Expectation, Independent, Numbers, People, Reward

It's because you have no power. You give them all the material and the cinematographer, the director, the editor, boy what they can choose. . . You better hope they like you because they can slice and dice and make you look like a damn fool when your face and body are up there on a 30-foot screen.

Boys, Editors, Feet, Give, Material, Screen

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.

Tv Shows, Needs, Television, Bodies, Spot, Work

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

Actors, Method, Suggesting, Work, Works

I write, and when see a movie in which it's supernatural, some other worlds, or some other aspect to our world that we're not aware of, and [they] don't explain what the rules are, that kind of stuff drives me crazy.

Aware, Crazy, Kind, Our World, Rules, Writing

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.

Band, Entire, Marketing, Thinking

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