Terry O'Quinn's 2007 Emmy Award Acceptance Speech

Terry O'Quinn wins the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards. Originally aired September 16, 2007.

[@smark7]

He should have said: "I won because I was supposed to!"

[@isnowyazn]

SMARF Reading this in Locke's voice atm.

[@tomada36]

Michael Emerson's potential Emmy was the sacrifice that the island wanted

[@23igna]

LOL

[@neomzn1174]

Because this is a destiny

[@lucid.6610]

😂

[@AnneliesTheComposer]

Don't tell him what he can't do.

[@apaixonadosporgames2982]

AnneliesTheComposer you right but I dont need your Help

[@taylorhauntus]

HE WON BECAUSE IT WAS HIS FATE.

[@303_tunes]

I am here because the Island told me

[@cassieluv7869]

trance24xx7 😁😁😂😂

[@erawa2740]

Jacob sent me.

[@greyeyed123]

Do you think this was a coincidence? He won this award for a REASON!

[@DipikaDesaboyina]

Michael Emerson has the face of an angel.

[@Skanalll]

he deserved it. he's a great actor

[@aweqeaaw]

It's my destiny!!

[@emmanuelx4586]

Terry O' Quinn and Michael Emerson both deserved the Emmy for their roles in Lost. I just wish more recognition would have been given to the talented women on Lost. Especially both Elizabeth Mitchell and Yunjin Kim. They should of both been at least nominated.

[@wolverineiscool7161]

meh

[@seeemsee]

Of course. After all, the show wouldn't have been the same without Kiele Sanche and L. Scott Caldwell.

[@dantegreenmountain]

elizabeth mitchell got nominated for the 6th season

[@bill000]

@@seeemsee LOL I love Kiele but the show would be the same without her

[@Romans8-9]

YunJin never had a big enough role. Evangeline Lilly not getting a nom is a bigger joke imo, she was a great actress over the course of the series.

[@CallMeDerpDrew]

Would have been great if he'd ended with "To anyone who might have doubted me, don't tell me what I can't do!" He's too classy and humble to say something like that, though. XD

[@AgentSapien2]

Love Michael and Terry's friendship. Of all the actors he points out to Michael and tells how it is great to play the series with him. Amazing -Beautiful!

[@rozio9287]

So that's why Ben killed Locke! He was jealous of the award😂

[@sat.chid.ananda]

Well, yeah, i'd say Ben's smile is a "i'm gonna kill you" smile

[@leadcharisma]

What a perfect acceptance speech. Genuine, humble, appropriately humorous, concise. Love me some Terry O'quinn.

[@blankblank2370]

Don't tell him he can't win!

[@oneprizeonegoal]

Someone once told him he can't win an emmy. The rest is history

[@xomoni101]

He's literally perfect, best actor ever

[@discoking1008]

cant agree more

[@DarknessIsThePath]

It's annoying how the stupid audience claps loud on everyone except the 2 from LOST who are far better actors than the other ones.

[@jonathangeorge3835]

It's all about popularity, man. And I have to disagree, both Emerson and O'Quinn got loud applause and cheers when their names were called. Lost was a really popular show back then, and it still is.

[@ronnig4009]

I kind of see what you mean. They DO scream over that Soprano's dude, don't they? But that is not what people are honored for, it is for contributing to art on a tv series, and their peers decide, not the folks who clap and scream for them.

[@swimsanta3132]

@@ronnig4009 i mean, sopranos is usually considered an even better series than lost, emperioli deserved it as much as any of them

[@23igna]

@@jonathangeorge3835 But he's right. Lost is underrated compared to other shows that get way more recognition when Lost is an absolute master piece.

[@bobsmith5334]

Great actor!

[@isnowyazn]

He should've said, "I'm here because I'm supposed to be here!"

[@neomzn1174]

He won because this is his destiny

[@TRNMittens]

One Of My Favorite Actors. So Happy He Got What He Deserves. :D

[@Travarianb]

He was my favorite character from Lost hands down... he played his character perfectly.

[@MissKenapy]

Terry and Michael were the best actors of the show :)

[@sqsuyun]

john locke honestly changed my life

[@Bodichittabatman007]

Don't ever tell him what he can't win

[@citruuus]

Michael Emerson's smile at 2:39 truly is priceless!

[@LMarti13]

What a fucking class act

[@bobandrayfan1]

I am here because he's a great guy. and a helluva an actor.

[@matthiasmoylan4815]

He plays the best character of all time !

[@amalks777]

Don't tell me what i can't do✨

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday terry for your wonderful 70 years and bring to an infinity to happiness and serenity from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of lost

[@IcyNecromancer]

fantastic acceptance speech, gotta love him!

[@bigpictureguys8415]

The fellow nominees were sacrifices the island demanded

[@The-Aj-]

He is great. Totally deserved it !

[@Wicked1865]

"Terry O'Quinn , Won"

[@0Bennyman]

This was his destiny! What a legend

[@jekyllbochum]

Great speech!

[@badrobot1846]

Mis respetos que gran actor Terry O'Quinn ...lo sigo desde que salio en Millennium

[@InNomineNostriSatan]

Terry's the most underrated actor in the world.

[@wolverineiscool7161]

damn back when emmy speeches were spot on and short and to the point

[@za1pp]

Great Actor

[@RonnsMoss]

Winning this award was his destiny.

[@josylinewaters4235]

I love all the cast of lost

[@YaeL19LevY]

god!! i love him so much.. he's so funny..

[@eLiLLy815]

wow, he really deserved it :) he's an amazing actor! just like Michael Emerson and T.R. Knight :)

[@kelvmwangangi4001]

"winning this award was my destiny. I was supposed to win it" Terry should have kept it short and sweet

[@bogeythedog163]

' the island wouldn't let him.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday terry from italian boy live in rome and I m fan of lost

[@EAMSprojects]

who would have known that yrs later Terry and Vanessa would play husband and wife on 666 Park Ave?.... amazing actors! That was the first time I watched O'Quinn! I'm a huge fan now. Awesome actor!

[@PaulinhoSaybian7b]

sou fã desse cara,ele é demais.

[@johndoe-bf9ho]

I love the introduction narrative for the brig where you see him being thrown out of the window among other things.

[@TheBeddard]

He was my favorite of all the Lost characters. Don't tell him what he can't do!

[@2012near]

i like this actor !!!!!!

[@zcsman7878]

Don't tell Terry O Quinn what he can and can't do! It's his destiny!

[@TheFifthSimulator-ly1dm]

First time i see Ben Linus smiling like that, what's he up to now

[@benstrigle1209]

You guys got any milk?

[@rozio9287]

He killed Locke, that's what he been up to😂

[@titanic9112001]

Lost is a well-known TV series overall the world

[@soulofangel1990]

It was his destiny

[@jan63019]

I still think of HIM as the step father!!! Lol Great Actor

[@OGdrodro]

John Locke best character in lost hands down

[@Romans8-9]

Until he went off the rails in season 3.

[@bogeythedog163]

Mr Ecko was great too

[@r3boxx]

it was his destiny

[@mcgurkryans]

"Don't tell what I can't wi.... oh, never mind"

[@spikepsych]

His wife is HUGE, but he really deserved it great actor

[@shlomozuckerman6195]

hahah i loved what he said

[@matthiasmoylan4815]

Best actor and character on lost

[@ronnig4009]

OH MY GOSH! His wife is lovely and HUGE by modern standards...not by MY standards, but by the standards of magazines and casting directors....she is just lovely!

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Today terry 71 years

[@Ashtree81]

Good lineup

[@Anotherday1313]

jon es muy buen actor :))

[@g2nelson15]

Sawyer be like That Son of a Bitch just won!

[@matthiasmoylan4815]

Michael Emerson is so cute

[@Crix9doge]

i fucking laughed at all the comments here! LOL!

[@elmatador9773]

2021🔥

[@ritwikjs]

what a heavyweight division goddamn

[@jlyn1980]

I just noticed that Katherine Heigl isn't clapping for Terry.

[@reptongeek]

@haroof Gotta love the speech too, very good

[@abdoujrdz]

Best character in lost

[@bilupp]

He should've just gone up there and said, "Don't tell me what I can't do."

[@branscombe_]

i think moments before I die I will see john lockes grin..

[@nyk3334]

At least they didn’t disappoint him.

[@smoothcriminal28]

exactly.

[@zapakguy1991]

I am sorry I posted the comment before watching the video! :P

[@shakespearesmilkshake]

ITS NEVER BEEN 'EASY'

[@mandyandnatassia]

@robertsom he says "i wonder what it would be like to bake up a sheet of cookies on wiseria lane...and get one of their cheques" (wisteria lane is the street they live on in Desperate Housewives)

[@olfan92]

Lost is the best series to ever exist. still to this day.

[@bogeythedog163]

What wohld GoT fans say about that? Lol

[@allxtarmusic]

DONT TEEL ME WHAT EMMY CANT DO!! XD

[@sahnyn]

you mean thanks JOHN.

[@Paperbagman555]

Very Deserving! :D

[@NWNative147]

What’s funny is how 2007 is the year in the timeline for when John Locke left the island to convince the Oceanic Six to return to the island but noooooo he just HAS to win an Emmy. Lol

[@simpleone7a]

I just started watching this show and i love it! I hate his character though lol, im in the 4th season now. Yeah i know i said i just started, but i've been watching them back to back to back. I saw this guy 1st time ever in the 80's in a movie called stepfather II

[@MissKookiii]

how can you not love john locke

[@shakespearesmilkshake]

@misskookiii lost is the greatest tv show of all time imo. I need to rewatch it now

[@duoh59]

terry o quinn or michael emerson....now thats a hard one... terry deffo deserved it though! locke = legend.

[@sobreoqueeugosto4700]

Poor Christophah!!!

[@zapakguy1991]

Fuck the used Lost's theme The End for the nominees? Or did you add it? xD

[@Shazayum]

it shouldn't, he's a better actor than both of them.

[@brooke9132]

Rewatching Lost and falling in love with Sawyer all over again... And Holloway is excellent. He can be cocky, angry and dangerous, charming, vulnerable, sometimes all of that together. O'Quinn was amazing, Fox was really really good, but given that every one of the actors on Lost was great, I don't think he deserved the nomination as much as O'Quinn or Emerson or Andrews did, or as much as Holloway or Daniel Dae Kim would have deserved it

[@iamworstgamer]

After watching lost multiple times. I think it was about the characters, Locke, jack, and ben were complex characters. Other characters were not as complex as much. Besides those three the other character is Desmond. So they got nominations because their characters were complicated to play. Jack's character was way more complex and intense than sawyer's. Charlie was a better character than sawyer, Hugo was too. But Charlie and Hugo were more linear characters.

[@ChakasCave]

More pixels please

[@haroof]

Gotta love the hot pink shirt lol.

[@Efferto93]

The Island assisted him.

[@RubenHernandezMusic]

This comment section is gold for a Lost nerd like me 😂😂

[@sandman9x9x]

this year's bsa emmy's going to Emerson

[@powermetal4eva]

I think Michael Emerson deserved it more.

[@AcTHATGUY]

I loved Michael Emerson as the manipulative Ben Linus