LOST Resumes Filming; Terry O'Quinn Talks To Film Students

Terry O'Quinn is just such a great character actor that when I heard he was going to be on a new Television show back in 2004 I was immediately interested.

After years of bouncing around as supporting characters on such TV shows as X-Files, Millennium, and Alias, O'Quinn landed the role of a lifetime as the complex John Locke on the hit TV show Lost.

O'Quinn is a skilled theater actor who is still humbled by the attention that people pay to him. He recently sat down with some theater students at Illinois Wesleyan University who have the luck of having Terry's brother, Thomas, as their professor.

"Actor Terry O’Quinn is in an elite circle. Not just because millions of people tune in each week to see him on the hit ABC television series LOST, but because he can call himself that rare honor – a working actor.

“Work. Work when you can, any way you can,” said O’Quinn, sharing his insights on the acting profession to a room full of theatre students at Illinois Wesleyan University on Tuesday. The actor addressed three classes and an open forum Monday and Tuesday before returning to Hawaii to resume filming of the television show." (more)

After addressing the students for a couple of days, O'Quinn jumped a plane to head back to start shooting again for Lost. It's nice to hear confirmation that the production has started up again. With the writer's strike over the show has geared up to try to finish the season on time.

Lost Producer Carlton Cruse stated last month that they expect at most 13 episodes total. 8 episodes were finalized before the writer's strike halted production and 5 have aired so far.