Terry O’Quinn talks about Locke

The latest in a series of interviews over at IGN.com is an interview with the man who portrays everyone’s favorite castaway, John Locke.

IGN DVD: What is the one thing you wish you could have found in the hatch besides the tires for your car?

Terry O’Quinn: Obviously Locke wished he could have found the meaning of his life in the hatch. That’s what he was looking for - his job, his destiny, his task, his meaning, and it turned out to be pushing a button and he found that very disappointing.

IGN: Have you ever been a button pusher in real life?

O’Quinn: A button-pusher? No. Never. I’ve been doing this since I was in college and before that I did nothing. The button pushing was a whole new experience for me and I found it very dissatisfying and I was unhappy for Locke. Locke was unhappy and I was very sympathetic.

IGN: Do you think Locke was frustrated because of his isolation of just pressing a button all the time?

O’Quinn: I think he was frustrated because he thought getting into the hatch and finding [what was in it] was going to give him some definition and was going to maybe be the answer to his life’s work. It was kind of like the old man and the mountain: if he got up there he was going to get the answer and he was going to find some peace of mind and some meaning - something that would drive him forward. But it didn’t.

Read the entire interview at IGN.