From E!Online this interview with Damon Lindelof......
INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
DL = Damon Lindelof, the man behind the LOST curtain
JG = Dr. Anna Graham's real initials
MATTHEW FOX/RAMBO
JG: Rumors spread that Matthew Fox may be disappearing at some point during the season to do Rambo. Do you know of these rumors?
DL: Rambo?
JG: Oh yes. No, not even kidding at all. Rambo 64. The villain.
DL: Really?
JG: Yes.
DL: I am so surprised by that on so many different levels, I don't even know where to begin my denials. I will say this: I have a tremendous amount of respect for Matthew Fox as an actor, and just on that basis alone, I call bulls--t on the Rambo rumors. Not that Rambo isn't awesome in his own special way, but I just can't see that...
RECURRING/REGULAR
JG: We have three new characters, according to the media. Will they be regular or recurring new characters?
DL: Elizabeth Mitchell is a regular, and both Rodrigo and Kiele are recurs. But, as with all our recurs, there is always the potential for regularity.
JG: Upgrading.
DL: Yes. You have to make room.
JG: By killing other--aww, you're so cruel.
DL: There's more than one way off the Island. It's not just death.
JG: Sometimes you get a boat on the right heading, and you get lucky.
DL: Sometimes you kill a couple women, and you get rewarded for that.
JG: Life's not fair. That's the moral of your show.
DL: You can say that again.
JACK-CLAIRE RELATIONSHIP
JG: [Your] partner-in-crime [Carlton Cuse] recently stonewalled a question about if Claire was Jack's half-sister. Would you like to stonewall the same question?
DL: I would be honored to stonewall the same question. Though nobody stonewalls like Carlton stonewalls.
JG: He did a good job.
DL: Yeah, it's sort of more like I'm drywall. That's what I do. If Carlton's a stone wall, I'm drywall.
JG: So with a very big hammer I could pound you into submission?
DL: Yes. Very easily. With any sort of sledgehammer you could do it; fortunately for me you don't have one.
JG: I'm very ill-equipped. I might have some makeup.
DL: Sorry, next time.
CHARLIE/ALTERED STATES
JG: Charlie--he's big on the altered states. You know, he's heroin-addiction guy--
DL: He turns into a monkey at night--
JG: Spoiler!
DL: And runs down the streets of San Diego. That's Altered States. Oddly enough, he makes a reference to Altered States in episode two this season.
JG: I have no idea what we're talking about at this point.
DL: Me either.
JG: I guess it's a movie?
DL: You've never seen the movie Altered States?
JG: I just know it as the phrase.
DL: It's genius. William Hurt. It's the greatest movie ever. He basically goes into a sensory-deprivation tank, doing all sorts of psychotropic experiments, and he devolves into an ape.
JG: So it's like The Fly. But with mammals. But different.
DL: You gotta see it. It's awesome. You have to go see Altered States. Rent it.
JG: I will, I'll put it in Netflix queue.
DL: Kristin would be disappointed that you haven't. I'm going to tell on you.
JG: That's fine. I'm in trouble with her all the time anyway.
DL: Okay.
JG: Heroin. Kind of seeming crazy in the finale. Is this a theme going forward or was [Charlie] just a little shellshocked from being in a horrible hatch explosion?
DL: I think whether or not Charlie is straight or using is an ongoing question for not only the fans to decipher, but more importantly, for the woman he loves. I, for one, am rooting for him. I hope he's not using.
TRIANGLE
JG: How sick are you of talking about the love triangle?
DL: Wow.
JG: Actually, I love it, but I imagine you're probably sick and tired.
DL: I like talking about the love triangle. I mean, I think, solid love triangles are the foundation of many excellent TV shows. The key is to--you know, it's amazing to me that we've now written 52 hours of the show and we haven't had any consummation, so...you know, we promise that consummation is coming. And then I'll be sick of talking about the love triangle. Because I feel like we're giving the audience what they're asking for, so I'm preparing for the slings and arrows of the Dave-and-Maddie argument, which is, "Why did you let them sleep together?"
THE END
JG: You've said you've had a definitive end for the show. Is it a happy ending or a sad ending?
DL: Happy.
JG: Awww, that makes me very happy.
DL: But tragic.
JG: I figured. You have to have a little of both.
DL: Can't have one without the other.
Source: E!Online
