On ‘Lost’ coming to an end: “Personally, it’s a relief … I owe this show a great amount, and I think it’s exceptionally good … [but] I am looking forward to the freedom that comes with not working on one project professionally.”

On moving to Oregon: “My major motivation is to be closer to family. My brother is there, my mother is there … I really miss that kind of wide-open space.”

This is a lot of ecstatic waxing on the eve of the debut of the next season. It sounds like Matthew has really thought long and hard about the time in his life after he leaves the island and Lost behind him for good. After the jump, check out another photo of Matthew from this issue of Details magazine along with a couple of screenshots from his video interview with the mag …

Click HERE to watch Matthew’s video interview online … he answers a bunch of really great questions, including which members from the cast of Party of Five he still keeps in contact with. I’m curious to see what the Lost folks have cooked up for the coming season … they managed to win me back during the last truncated season but so much time has passed from the days when it was a pop cultural phenomenon … I just don’t know that they can ever get the hype back up that high again. I’ll go into the next season with an open mind but … they gotta bring it.

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