Quotes by Alex O'Loughlin

Being a husband and a dad are the two most important things in my life.

It's a hobby for me, but I'm never alone if there's a guitar there.

Surfing is my great passion in Hawaii.

I think as an action director; it comes kind of naturally to me to a certain extent, because I've done so much action myself -- as my MRIs would suggest!

The relationships I've had with my wife and children are what mean the most to me.

I tore my right shoulder to pieces -- three external tears, a labrum tear, and a detachment of the bicep tendon.

When I am really into a woman, the way I look at other women changes. The other women on the planet kind of fade away. And the majority of my energy goes to that person.

There have been many times when I thought I was having a logical discussion with a woman, and then I'm left sitting alone, confused, trying to recount how it went down.

I blew one of my knees. I've torn ligaments and tendons, ankles, both shoulders, both wrists.

I receive underwear -- some clean, some not. No joke. My assistant who helps me with my fan mail constantly threatens to quit because of what we get sent.

I'm a fisherman. I've always loved fishing. I grew up fishing for trout.

I think if I'd have been an actor who didn't care, I'd have less gray hair, and I'd be a lot less tired.

I plead with my Moonlight fans to give this show a chance if they let me give it a chance. I can't do Moonlight again -- it's finished. The bottom line is that my true fans will follow me where I go.

I love Europe. I don't speak a lick of French, but I speak a bit of Italian. I can get through Italy better than I get through the rest of Europe.

Mum's a musician. She plays piano and has a beautiful voice, so she understands the creative need. Mum lights up when she sees me. Her cheeks go pink -- she's all over me, pulling my hair, pinching my cheeks.

That suspension of disbelief that's required as an actor to live truthfully in imaginary circumstances is different to what needs to happen as a director, in the sense that you are the master of all the moving parts. You create the world in every detail.

When I talk about character work, I don't really feel like i do much as an actor when I look at other great actors who win big awards for doing incredible transformations.

I'm not the best fly fisherman, but I can fly-fish, because I crack a whip. I learned to crack a whip as a boy... I have skills, mad skills.

I've knocked my front teeth out. I've got fake front teeth.

Surfing and trail running chill me out. I like reading, too. And playing my guitar -- I wish I were better.

I live in Hawaii, and the trails and mountains here are just magic.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have to work at that. I'm really bad at auditioning.

The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.

I like playing the villain.

I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it's like the least I can do, I really enjoy that stuff. I enjoy giving back.

It's nice having your work recognized but having people follow you around is kinda weird.

I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the business and enjoy the business.

I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.

It is such a cut throat industry where you get knocked down so much and get rejected so much. If you do not back yourself up, no one else is going to so you really need to learn to get up, shake the sand off your chest and keep going.

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.