Jason Momoa Quotes

I don't want to just play the same thing. But with The Red Road, no one has ever seen me like that. No one really even knows that I smile, have a personality and have a sense of humor.

I grew up with artists.

I lay naked in furs a lot. I think I'm naked more than I talk.

There are tons of things I'd love to do. I want to do comedy. It's not that I don't want to play a superhero, but I got to play Conan and Drogo.

When I'm acting, I wish I was out there, being a part of it and making it. It's all on your name to do that. It's your vision. You're going to get slandered for your work, and I like that. As an actor, it's so hard. I'd rather direct than act.

A lot of people don't know enough about me. When I meet people who freak out about Game of Thrones, they don't even know that I can speak English.

I'm a huge art buff.

I love carbs, but denial is good training for the mind.

I took no money to make art, but my woman backed me up on it and I want my children to see their father happy.

To do six to 10 episodes of high-quality writing, and then be able to go direct my own things, and do a movie, if it comes along, sure. I just want to act and do good work.

Some people we know in our lives come up to a crossroads, and they could go left or right, and then end up in a totally different place.

You know what's it's changed is my appreciate for the art form of making cinema. I don't want to act as much as I want to tell stories. I want to be a part of the whole collective and pull all of the pieces together. That's what I love about directing.

I got called 'pretty boy' my whole life.

My favorite movie is 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.'

I don't want to play a superhero. Drogo may not be Superman, but it is a phenomenal role. I didn't want to get typecast. Drogo is an exceptional character. Conan is iconic. Whether it does good or not, you just try to elevate it to the next level.

I was on Stargate: Atlantis for four years, playing a similar character called Ronon, who was an alien that didn't say much and grunted. I've been there and done that. Whether people have seen it or not, you want to stretch. And then, while I waited, I got The Red Road, and I'd never gotten anything like that.

As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special

I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you - my father taught me.

I don't really push myself upon people. I don't have that. When it meets and things fall in line, it's meant to happen. It's happened that way. I just try to do my best and do my work, and then it falls in line.

I love life and if there's something that I'm playing that I love, I'll research it.

Like it or not, I'm the new f***ing Aquaman buddy.

I wanted to know everything about the blues. I think it constantly changes for me.

I'm not a barbarian.

I'm raised to actually think, to use my brain.