Dominic Monaghan reveals why he's never watched a single episode of 'Lost'

• Dominic Monaghan said that he hasn't watched back his work on the 2000s sci-fi series "Lost."
• Monaghan played British musician Charlie Pace on the series, which ran for six seasons.

Dominic Monaghan, known for playing Merry Brandybuck in the "Lord of the Rings" films and later Charlie Pace on the ABC drama "Lost," told People that he avoided watching back much of his own work, including on the show.

"It's just not something I do," he told the magazine. "I lived those things so completely, I don't need to repeat them to have the experience."

Monaghan starred on the beloved science fiction ABC series "Lost," which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2010. The series follows a group of people who crash on an island somewhere in the South Pacific while on a flight from Sydney to Los Angeles, and attempt to unravel its mysteries while fighting for survival.

Monaghan's character Charlie is a British rock star who featured prominently in the show's first three seasons. He told People that in his 20s, when he was starring on the series, he was still "struggling" with the prospect of acting for the rest of his life as a career.

"I'm aware that it was a good show and I'm aware that clearly people are continuing to like it now," he told People. "People will come over to me on the street and they've written, 'Not Penny's Boat' on their hand or people will tell me that it was their favorite character or that their kids have just got into it."

"Not Penny's Boat" is a reference to the season three finale of the series, and a message that Monaghan's character Charlie writes on his hand in the episode that serves as a crucial revelation in the series.

Monaghan said that, despite the fact that he hasn't watched back to see his own work, he's still happy to have been part of the show's cultural moment.

"It's certainly found an audience and continues to do so," he told People. "It became a kind of a piece of pop culture. I was happy to be involved in a show that for a while there was the biggest TV show in the world."