'Lost' star nearly gave up on acting

Josh Holloway considered quitting showbiz before he secured a role in Lost.

The actor, who plays Sawyer on the US hit show, nearly decided to become an estate agent after struggling to find parts.

"I'd been in the business for eight years and I was working about twice a year, which is really not enough," he told the Sunday Mail. "I was going to give up. I thought, 'OK they broke me.' It's a brutal town. It was like I've pounded against a cement wall with a toothpick.

"When I went to test for Lost I showed real anger - after eight years of pounding on that door I was hungry and I wanted that part."