'Lost' star gets honest about his acting crisis

Josh Holloway, the star of Lost, said he almost quit acting after he didn’t get the roles he expected after his breakout performance as con man Sawyer.

During an interview with TheWrap, the actor recalled what type of characters he was offered after the hit show. “No, I was not being cast at all. I was like, “Let’s go people, I want to work.” I have a lot of range that I don’t get to explore as an actor."

He continued, "I wanted to work more, but I was offered a lot of very cliché network things. I passed on a lot of network pilots that were that “NCIS”- type role, which is great."

"I love to work, but I was not ready to do that yet. I still had dreams of doing the stuff I love, artistic things. I was giving up. I was like, “I’m gonna take whatever job comes through,” and finally, this came through, so I was able to do art again," Josh said, referring to the role the Lost executive producer J.J. Abrams offered him in the new Max show Duster.

In the series, he plays a getaway driver in 1970s Phoenix. The show will be out on May 15.