A biography for Alex O'Loughlinhasn’t been written yet.
“I just have to say no to some of the stunts that I love doing so much. I enjoy doing that stuff, but I've learned to let the stuntmen do those.”
“I blew one of my knees. I've torn ligaments and tendons, ankles, both shoulders, both wrists.”
“In television, the cuts are so quick: bang-bang-bang-bang-bang! I want to shoot two people and sit there for eight minutes and watch them. I've got a lot to learn about television and about the best ways to tell stories directorially in that medium.”
“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.”
“There are many things I want to do, so many people I want to work with, so many different opportunities out there as an actor.”
“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 do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.”
“I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.”
“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.”
“Surfing and trail running chill me out. I like reading, too. And playing my guitar - I wish I were better.”
“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.”
“I'm a fisherman. I've always loved fishing. I grew up fishing for trout.”
“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 live in Hawaii, and the trails and mountains here are just magic.”
“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 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.”