I’ve been fascinated with Maori culture since I was a kid.
JASON MOMOAMy children aren’t normally allowed to watch a lot of things that I’m in.
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When you’re just an actor, you do your role, and then you’re in your trailer. It’s not as hands on as when you’re directing. You live and breathe it.
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I always loved samurai movies, and I wanted to incorporate that whole level of elegance and just the code of the samurai to ‘Conan.’
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Zack Snyder is a huge fan of ‘Game of Thrones,’ and I met him in the training stunt facility that I train at, and I guess he really liked me because he later called me into his office, and we talked about playing Aquaman.
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When I found out more about the Maori culture, I fell in love with it, and with the people, too.
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The truth is we’re all searching. We’re all looking for guidance, for mentors, and I’m by no means someone to follow.
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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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In my man cave, I have tomahawks, throwing knives, and old black-bear furs. There’s skulls, weapons everywhere.
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I’m just gonna make art myself. I have a lot of ideas of things I wanna do and really talented people and friends I’m around, so we decided to make our own thing and set out to do it.
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I want it to be the greatest thing I ever do: make good humans.
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I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.
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I’m not going to normally get hired to play those emotional things, and I’m capable of it. I was raised by a single mother in Iowa – I’m just trapped in a big, dumb body.
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If I had a horse of my own that I loved and fed and knew me, it would be amazing.
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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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Swimming can be boring. To me, it’s like going on a treadmill.
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I don’t think a lot of people are calling me to play doctors and lawyers, which is fine with me. I can put a suit on, but I don’t really like to.
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The reason why I wanted to direct is because there are personal stories that I want to tell, but also because I love every part of movie making – from the wardrobe to the set decoration to cinematography.
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Being raised in Iowa, I know what a cornfield does for me, and I wanted to have that same kind of feeling for the Ramapo Mountains.
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There is a lot of pretty horrific stuff that happens, and I don’t usually get those kinds of characters who get to go to those places.
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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 not a big fan of just doing weights. Anything more physical is infinitely better.
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I was an outcast. I was from a town of wrestlers and football players.
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Morning is when I do all my best work.
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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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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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Most people don’t know who I am in the industry. I’m far from ‘Conan’ and ‘Game of Thrones.’
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There’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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