When I found out more about the Maori culture, I fell in love with it, and with the people, too.
JASON MOMOAThere’s a couple of things you shouldn’t do to other humans and you shouldn’t say to other humans that Khal Drogo does.
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I’m a big softie.
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There’s nothing I’ve ever worked on that beat ‘Game of Thrones’ – that’s a 10-hour movie; they put a lot of money in it.
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I don’t mind standing up for what I believe in.
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I got called ‘pretty boy’ my whole life.
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As far as getting work, no one thought I spoke English. It was absolutely ridiculous. I’d show up at a meeting and they’d be like, ‘Oh my God, you speak English! That’s so cool.’ They didn’t really know what to do with me.
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When I’m by myself, I’m really cool and nice to everyone, but then the whole paparazzi thing? If you see me with my kids, I change.
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I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.
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My mom’s an artist in every way. She’s a painter, a photographer. She’s a wanderer – always searching, always seeing. I guess you could say my mom gave me her eyes.
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There’s a lot of things I would definitely go to bat for in Hawaii. I’ve been all over that stuff. If someone told me to be quiet about that because of my profession, no. That’s my people.
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I watch action movies, and you don’t remember when Jason Statham does a kick or punch. It’s character trait stuff you remember.
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I grew up being an artist, but also rock-climbing and traveling the world and teaching my kids.
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I’m a big kid, you know?
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I just love stories, and I love movies, learning and seeing the world. Growing up in Iowa, it was like, you wanna see the world? Movies can help you do that.
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I’m half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you – my father taught me.
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I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.
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I haven’t been an actor who’s been able to pick and choose roles, and being a family man, it’s been about putting food on the table.
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I’m not the king in my own house. I have to wash the dishes and take out the trash and say, ‘Yes, baby.’ I’m 6-foot-5, but I kind of walk around hunched over.
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My children aren’t normally allowed to watch a lot of things that I’m in.
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Me and my son got pictures on the Batmobile. I’m a big kid.
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I do love horses, but I’d rather be on motorcycles.
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You get a lot of respect for ‘Game of Thrones,’ and it was a lot of fun to play, but it didn’t help my career a lot because Khal Drago doesn’t even speak English.
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I’m sure all actors have trouble. The guy who always plays the funny guy, he wants to be taken seriously. And there’s the action guy who wants to do serious stuff. Everyone’s grass is greener.
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Both my parents were painters.
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My kids are always like, ‘Why do people always want to take pictures with you?’ and I’m like, ‘Because I’m your Dada, and you’re my daughter. That’s why.’ It’s definitely mostly because of ‘Game of Thrones.’
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I couldn’t get a job to save my life. That’s why I wrote ‘Road to Paloma.’ That got into Sundance and got into that scene, and that’s how I got the role in ‘The Red Road.’
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I actually went to study with the Ramapoughs in New York. I wanted to be able to see the mountains and the forest, be around the people.
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