CraveOnline: How would you like to see Lost end?
Josh Holloway: I want a big, bloody Braveheart battle is what I want, really. And I want Sawyer to die badly but kind of as a last thing, he does something good. You know, and chooses that.
CraveOnline: Would that redeem him, in your eyes, if he died saving somebody?
Josh Holloway: Yeah. It would. Well, there's no redemption for Sawyer, I feel. He's beyond, he doesn't want it. He doesn't want redemption. He doesn't embrace it, and actually, it makes him angrier in a way because that's his power is being indifferent. When he's made to care, made to feel things, it kind of pisses him off. I mean, it's hard. Then he'll react and do something wrong so he feels better and gets his power back by wronging someone.
CraveOnline: You’re constantly grungy on the show. Do they just throw a bucket of mud on you when you get up in the morning?
Josh Holloway: I actually caught the wardrobe guy dragging my jeans across the parking lot. I'm like, "What are you doing? I gotta put those on." And he's like, "They just were a little too clean. Not reading good on camera." What is hard about it is the morning, obviously. You get there, you're showered. You're kind of waking up. And then they just ruin you. And you have to put on what they call the hero shirts, the one they use most, that has all the blood on it, and all. So you're like, "Aw, I gotta put this thing on again?" So that part has been challenging. But I love physical acting. I grew up with three brothers in the country. So I love a good physical scene and so forth. But it does work on your psyche, constantly getting beat down because you're trying to live it truly. So I go home moping a bit, you know? My wife's like, "It's all right."
CraveOnline: Do you follow any of the theories?
Josh Holloway: I would be disappointed as an audience to find out we were dead. That would disappoint me. So, I really don't know what's going on. All I know is, I'll be getting beat up soon, I'm sure, by someone. But I like that. At first as an actor it was hard to really let go. Because we’re used to knowing a beginning, middle, and end. And how to flavor your performance accordingly. And since you don't have that option, it's really been a leap of faith, to let go of that, immerse yourself in the character, and trust what you're gonna get. And they have been incredible. Still, my wife still steals the script and locks herself in the bathroom right away so I can't read it first. I'm like, "Come on!" So, it's still exciting.
CraveOnline: You don't read it together?
Josh Holloway: No. Well, we were doing that. But taking it apart and putting it back together is a pain. And she's a quick reader. I let her steal it.
CraveOnline: Does it ever bother you that there's another scene where you're getting beat up?
Josh Holloway: Sure. Sure, after a while, because while I'm acting, I'm trying to live it. I'm not actually just going through the motions. I hope it doesn’t seem that way. But you have to live that and embrace that and express that.
CraveOnline: What surprises you most about Sawyer at this point?
Josh Holloway: That he makes the same mistakes over and over again because it's kind of a dichotomy, because he's not a dumb person. He's pretty smart, and makes references to books all the time, and well-read and all this. But he makes the dumbest mistakes, over and over again. And I mean, how many times am I gonna reach for my gun and get knocked out? I mean, at least keep it out. Do something. You know, they make me a crack shot at the beginning. I kill a polar bear at full charge. And I can't hit a guy laying there.
CraveOnline: Is it true it's like the surest way to get killed off in a show is to get a DUI in
Josh Holloway: Yes! I take cabs. [LAUGHS] Drink water. First of all, I think they should be a little embarrassed for printing mine. Mine was a 52 in a 35. At least let me do 100 or something. That's embarrassing. I mean, they shouldn't have pulled me over for that. But they like to. Everyone has tickets. It's an island. It's very easily patrolled. It's like, there are speed traps everywhere. You just have to know that.
CraveOnline: How have you dealt with the whole world knowing what’s going on in your life?
Josh Holloway: That I think is an adjustment for anybody who has become someone in the public eye. It's been very difficult, actually. It makes you nervous, at first, and self-conscious. And I tend to isolate in my house, basically. I compare it to playing guitar. It takes a month to build a callous, so you can actually play the guitar. And it's a toughness. You have to get used to knowing that everyone knows who you are and be aware. And I'm not exactly politically correct all the time. I'm kind of a man. [LAUGHS] And that's what happens. I'll go out to the gym all sweaty, the market, and they're like, "Ooh." You hear people go, "Oh, he looks terrible." And you're, "Oh, doggone, I need to go home."
CraveOnline: Other than that, what's life like in
Josh Holloway: For us, we love it. Now my wife and I, it took a minute, maybe about eight months to get over the island fever bit and feeling a bit isolated like that. But now that started a duck orphanage basically, we raise all these ducks on the canal and Jessie's so happy with all her little ducks and I've got my boat and the kayaks and very outdoors type person. Actually now there's a shooting range, an archery range that has just opened a mile and a half from my house and that's what I got for Christmas, a traditional bow and arrow, not the compound so I'm going there for that.
CraveOnline: Can you still go out without being mobbed?
Josh Holloway: Depends on where I go. You've got to know where you're going. The thing about
CraveOnline: Do you disguise yourself?
Josh Holloway: I DL. I don't do full disguise yet. I'm thinking about that just as an acting exercise. I was like why not? Make up a character I want to play later, fully disguise it with accent and everything and go practice it.
CraveOnline: How many days a week do you work?
Josh Holloway: Average four. Actually, average probably three and a half.
CraveOnline: On the other days, what do you do?
Josh Holloway: Everything. I got my bow and arrow. I go fishing normally about 30 miles out so I go out and it's volatile out there. Going into town is, woo hoo. So it's fun, I do all that stuff, I hike, I camp. I used to be a big dirt biker but ABC said no.
CraveOnline: Where did you grow up in
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CraveOnline: What were you trying to be when you started out?
Josh Holloway: I first wanted to be a fighter pilot when I was young and then I wanted to do import/export. I was very interested in traveling the world and I was trying to figure out how to do that so I was going to do import/export. But then I worked construction all my life so I was probably going to end up a contractor. That's what you do in
CraveOnline: When did acting come in?
Josh Holloway: Well, I did 16 years of print basically. I went around the world, I found that mode to travel so I modeled for years doing that when I was very young, 18 I took off. And after I got that out of my system, about 12 years of constant travel, then I didn't know what else to do. I opened a company in Georgia, development company, tried that. Opened a restaurant with partners, Indochine in LA, remember Indochine in
CraveOnline: Is acting a natural transition from modeling?
Josh Holloway: No. the only thing that it helps you with is being comfortable around people and I think around interviewing and being constantly judged. That's the only real training I think that I did.
CraveOnline: Is it fun?
Josh Holloway: I loved it at the time. In my experience, for men, it was not fulfilling to me the actual job. I was used to working hard, hard labor so people would complain and I'd be laughing. I'm like, 'This is a cocktail party. With cappuccinos and bagels and whatever you want.' So I enjoyed it, it didn't bother me at first and then it worked on me after a while, the constant travel and then the non-fulfillment aspect to me so I had to move into something else.
CraveOnline: You have such a kind smile, how do you twist your face into the Sawyer scowl?
Josh Holloway: Oh, it's easy. We all have a Sawyer in us dying to get out. Trust me, I'm sure you all can scowl pretty hard when you need to. Yeah, it's there. I found the door and I know where that is and actually, it's like I said before, it's nice to go air that out sometimes. Air out the anger because I don't live that way.
CraveOnline: Are you a prankster on set?
Josh Holloway: Sure, we are. It's funny. We would be more but the machine must go on so it's like sometimes beautiful opportunities come up but I don't want to ruin the take for my friend and I'll get yelled at because we're on a schedule. So only a few times have I actually just did it and burned the film. It's fun and it's funny and ends up on the blooper real. We need to do more of it but it's become such a fast, hard pace that it's hard to do that.
CraveOnline: Do you guys all hang out?
Josh Holloway: Sure. A lot. It depends on basically who's working together, our schedules and then just like any other place, once you live there a little while, how often do you see all your friends? Here and there. When you can, when your jobs brings you together, whatever. it's like that there as well. But we still make an effort. My wife and I, she loves to cook. She cooked a huge Thanksgiving dinner. We actually flew in a Honey baked Ham from here and had a huge get together with everybody just to kick off the holiday and say hello. Then we did another get together and watched the show. So I'm vigilant about keeping the family together. I like it.
CraveOnline: Do you have any island survival skills?
Josh Holloway: Sure. I love nature so I probably wouldn't freak out. I'd kind of get into it and they say the biggest part about surviving in the wilderness is not panicking. It's your attitude. That's your biggest tool for survival so I would do just fine. I love to camp and I do so all the time. Now I've got my bow, I'm down at the archery range practicing. Maybe I could even get myself some food. Bring on the boars.
CraveOnline: Are you good at archery?
Josh Holloway: Well, I just started. I got it for Christmas and the archery range is right near the house. It's kind of a Zen thing. Once I stop chasing them down the pitch and actually hit the target.
CraveOnline: You finally hooked up with Kate. Is this going to last?
Josh Holloway: I'm sure that he's gonna mess that up pretty quick because it's his nature. I don't know. And actually, as an actor, it's more intriguing to me if he tried to make it work because it'd be so foreign to him. And to explore that as an actor, that fine line of falling in love, when that is not a part of that person's make-up is challenging, and would be a fun line to walk. But I'm sure he's gonna mess it up.
