I always loved samurai movies, and I wanted to incorporate that whole level of elegance and just the code of the samurai to ‘Conan.’
JASON MOMOAI 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.’
More Jason Momoa Quotes
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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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Me and my son got pictures on the Batmobile. I’m a big kid.
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I think I was pretty reckless and definitely a bit out of control. Now, I’m more focused.
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I do love horses, but I’d rather be on motorcycles.
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I’m an early riser. I work out really hard. I push myself; I get my job done, and at the end of the day, there’s a Guinness waiting for me.
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I have my ups and my downs like anyone. All I can do is be me.
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I’m a big wuss, and not the king in the least. My wife is.
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My mum raised me on ‘On the Waterfront,’ ‘Gone with the Wind’ and ‘Rear Window.’
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Swimming can be boring. To me, it’s like going on a treadmill.
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I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.
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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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When I went off to college in 1997, I didn’t go back and watch ‘Conan.’ I was out partying and dating women.
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I would love to do comedy.
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I grew up with a single mother, and I wasn’t out shooting too many guns.
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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 saw Frank Frazetta’s art, and it seared on my memory. I love his paintings. They’re so amazing.
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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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I’m raised to actually think, to use my brain.
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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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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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Emilia Clarke is someone I’m very close to, like a sister, and I love her very much.
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When I got ‘Stargate: Atlantis,’ I said, ‘Man, I’d love to be on HBO.’
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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 go train, and like with Conan, I’m in leather, and with Drogo, I’m in leather or armor or something else. I’m not in my adidas sweat suit or my matching tracksuit pants to go work out. I got too busy of a day. I’ve got my boots.
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You paint something, and it’s yours. It’s your heart up on the wall.
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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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