William Mapother
William Mapother
William Reibert Mapother, Jr.is an American actor known for his role as Ethan Rom on the television series Lost...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 April 1965
CityLouisville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
William Mapother quotes about
actors method suggesting
Every actor has their own method, so I'm not suggesting what works for me will work for everybody else.
editing shooting may
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.
people entertainment inspired
I feel honored to be a part of something that provided people with entertainment and that inspired conversations. I feel very, very fortunate.
firsts film minutes
One of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into.
philosophy littles too-much
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.
new-york opportunity years
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."
responsibility too-much interviews
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.
boys editors feet
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.
people looks speak
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."
writing voice done
Well, you're in a theater and it's 24 shots a second, your face, your body, your voice, and it's your craft, the way you earn your living, and it's indelible. It's not like writing a script - I write as well - I can't do another draft, it's done.
raises-questions interesting different
I'm ready for conventions. You know what's interesting, the sort of questions that Lost raises are of a different sort from this movie. In other words, Lost is about figuring out the world of the show, whereas this one seems to raise questions about the world that we know. But I'm happy to entertain both.
tv-shows television body
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.
crazy writing our-world
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.
long waiting suffering
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.