In support of his upcoming role in Pete Travis' upcoming Rashomon style thriller Vantage Point, which hits theaters on February 22, Lost actor Matthew Fox made an appearance at the film's recent press junket where he fielded a series of questions surrounding the series. Although Fox is undoubtedly used to fielding Lost questions wherever he goes (and probably will for years to come), he's still a fan of the show away from the set.

The most interesting aspect of what Fox had to say about Lost is that if there's a finality to the writers' strike in the very near future, the production and cast COULD head back into the studio to work on a few of the episodes they didn't get for the season.

Here's a closer look at what Matthew Fox had to say at the recent Vantage Point junket about rolling out the shortened season of Lost, the potential season finale, the writers' strike, and living in Hawaii.

Matthew Fox on the possibility Episode 8 of Lost being a finale:

"I think it would work as a finale, but I think obviously it wasn’t done in the ideal conditions. I mean it was really the last episode because we were shut down."

Fox on rolling out the eight episodes of Season 4:

"I think the audience has waited a hell of a long time for new chapters of Lost, and I think it was important that we give them some episodes that we had done. I know it’s frustrating for Damon [Lindelof]... for three years he didn’t know how the show was going to go and then he was really instrumental in making sure there was an end date. He got that and now he finally had the opportunity to let the story rip and he only got to let it rip for eight. Then suddenly he didn’t get to do it anymore. I know that’s been frustrating for him, but the audience has also been waiting for new episodes since last May. So I think what the show did in its premiere, and the kind of reviews it got, people definitely wanted to see episodes of Lost."

On whether he'd watch the show if he wasn’t a cast member:

"I absolutely would watch it if I weren’t on it. I think it’s, in my opinion, one of the best things on television. And I think - number one, I don’t think it has a cultural identity, so it translates around the world really well because it feels not like a show that’s an American show or any other. It doesn’t have a specific signature on it, it feels like a show about all of us and it’s dealing with philosophical themes about all of us. What is the true nature of man? Do we tend [to lean] towards compassion or self preservation when the chips are down? I think just on a really simple, fundamental level when you watch an episode of Lost you just really cannot wait to find out what’s going to happen next."

On what separates Lost from other shows:

"I’m not knocking cop shows and lawyer shows and doctor shows, but those shows, even though there’s a new case each week, you sort of know what to expect. This is a show about a plane crash on an island in the South Pacific and it’s going to have a really intense epic arcing and every episode is eventually leading you to a final conclusion."

Fox on the writers' strike:

"We’re all waiting to find out how quickly this thing is going to be ratified and locked down. I think there’s talk that we might go back into production this year to get some of the eight we didn’t get. I’m really hoping so, because the story has got a lot of momentum right now."

Matthew Fox on living in Hawaii instead of L.A.:

"I really don’t like to get the whole paparazzi thing just in my daily life - photographs of my kids and that type of thing - which happens, but it’s very rare. I think if I was living in Los Angeles it would be more difficult for me, so Hawaii has been good in that respect. There’s not a lot of paparazzi that want to do the 2500 mile trek into the South Pacific to get a picture of me walking on the beach. [laughs]"