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
independent numbers expectations
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.
summer new-york labs
In the summer of 2009, I was at the Shakespeare lab at the public theater in New York.
possibility theory english-major
I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories.
morning symphony opera
I love classical music and often listen to symphonies or opera in the morning.
reading brain geek
I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience.
actors emotion certain
I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.
thinking marketing band
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.
teacher school character
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.
thinking years stories
I worked in script development, many years ago, and read a lot of scripts. Between that and the scripts I've read as an actor, and I'm a writer as well, I think I have a pretty good sense about whether the bones of a story are there and whether the structure is intact.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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."