These daily episodic posts that we do, with the quotes, illustrate a small part of Alex’s path over the 10 years while he was on the show. It shows what he looked like and how he felt at certain times.
According to each of our circumstances over years, we all change how we might feel. It is important to remember that what is said about how we feel, will not always stay the same. For that reason, we always share the dates with quotes – in order for it to be seen as part of a specific time and period – not as something Alex might have said at some stage, that will stay that way, always.
If I say I am tired today, I am not tired every day for the rest of my life. I might have a back problem today, that will be better and healed in a few weeks or months. I might feel disheartened at my job today, but a new project might show up that revives my interest. My children might be small today, but they grow up and won’t need me the same way like they do today ….
I hope you get the gist of what I am trying to illustrate. And please remember it when you read quotes of what Alex said over the years.
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We continue sharing the social media posts of the past weeks.
Remembering the 240 episodes of Hawaii Five-0 by sharing a picture from each episode together with some thoughts shared by Alex and others at the time and over the years ……
Day151
240 days of #AlexOLoughlin on #H50
(Pic 151/240)
“I think that that [fame]was the drive but I don’t know why, because I hate celebrity. The minute I got a taste of it, I was like, oh, this has nothing to do with anything. I think for me, it was very important to go to the heart of all that stuff and see it from close up to realise that that wasn’t what I wanted.” – Alex O’Loughlin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Oct 2016
Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 7:08 – Broadcast on 11 Nov. 2016
Day152
240 days of #AlexOLoughlin on #H50
(Pic 152/240)
“It’s taken a toll that I don’t think is worth the money and I wish I had made different decisions from the beginning. Now it’s all gone, and a part of me has become one of those actors that I used to look at and go, oh, what’s wrong with him? If you don’t become the guy that immediately has really staunch boundaries, you get really hurt, you get taken advantage of.” – Alex O’Loughlin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Oct 2016
Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 7:09 – Broadcast on 18 Nov. 2016
Day153
240 days of #AlexOLoughlin on #H50
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“There is a lot you don’t get to understand or comprehend until you find yourself in a work environment needing to juggle six cats. Needing to retain huge amounts of dialogue, getting through a giant page count and being able to compartmentalise.” – Alex O’Loughlin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Oct 2016
Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 7:10 – Broadcast on 9 Dec. 2016
Day154
240 days of #AlexOLoughlin on #H50
(Pic 154/240)
“The first few jobs, not only was I shit, but I felt relatively overwhelmed. I’ve never been as overwhelmed as I have on this job but I’ve never managed anything as well as I’ve managed this, I think.” – Alex O’Loughlin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Oct 2016
Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 7:11 – Broadcast on 16 Dec. 2016
Day155
240 days of #AlexOLoughlin on #H50
(Pic 155/240)
“I called him [Walton Goggins] panicking, and he was like, would you relax? He said you can show up every day and hit your mark, and save yourself the pain, the trouble and the stress, or you can care as much as you do, until the final breath of the show, and become better than you are. This was an opportunity for a master’s degree in front of the camera. And it was one of the more important things anyone said to me when I came on to this. I really took those words on board, and I’ve tried to approach it like that and think like a director all the time and learn as much as I can.” – Alex O’Loughlin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Oct 2016
Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 7:12 – Broadcast on 6 Jan. 2017
Day156
240 days of #AlexOLoughlin on #H50
(Pic 156/240)
“I’m blessed into these islands. I’ve got a [Hawaiian] name, my children have Hawaiian names, I’m married to a Hawaiian girl. It holds incredible significance to me. I don’t ever want to leave it. I don’t know what I want to do. I don’t know if I want to to keep doing this. Yeah, maybe [I would give up acting]. I don’t know. I’m just being honest.” – Alex O’Loughlin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Oct 2016
Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 7:13 – Broadcast on 13 Jan. 2017
Day157
240 days of #AlexOLoughlin on #H50
(Pic 157/240)
“I don’t think there’s a destination in this [but] I’m well on my way to become the man that I hoped I would become one day, a man that reflects similar qualities to the men that I’ve looked up to in my life. And that is a direct result of the people that I’ve had the good fortune to be in contact with, befriend, get close to, and a lot of that has been because I have had this great opportunity on this show.” – Alex O’Loughlin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Oct 2016
Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 7:14 – Broadcast on 20 Jan. 2017
You can read the full article of where these quotes are from here:
#H50: #AlexOLoughlin on playing the Hollywood game
Over the years we have seen how Alex tends to be more forthcoming and open in interviews with Australian reporters.
There are many of us who can’t wait to read a new interview with Alex and to hear his thoughts and feelings at present – after resting, recuperating, spending time with family, and having time to explore other parts of his creativity and his hunger to tell stories.
Alex O´Loughlin ~ An Intense Study 