Quotes from Jason Momoa

I'm kind of ADD in that sense where if I start liking something, I'll just learn it to the absolute max.

Both my parents were painters.

I saw Frank Frazetta's art, and it seared on my memory. I love his paintings. They're so amazing.

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.

When I went off to college in 1997, I didn't go back and watch 'Conan.' I was out partying and dating women.

When I read that Khal Drogo role, I was blown away. I couldn't believe it was happening. I had to have that role.

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.

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.'

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.

I've led a career of having to take work to see my family, over picking and choosing, instead of 'I need food on the table and I don't know how I'm going to pay the mortgage.'

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.'

My kids are my greatest piece of art.

After 'Game of Thrones,' having a character like that, that's like the pinnacle of your career.

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.

Everything has technique to it. So if there's something you wanna try out, I think it's always good to get a trainer or listen to people who know what they're doing.

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.

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.

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.

I did 'Batman v Superman' for one or two days.

I was a snowboard bum and a climbing bum.

I grew up rock climbing.

My son loves swords and shields and dragons.

In my man cave, I have tomahawks, throwing knives, and old black-bear furs. There's skulls, weapons everywhere.

I'm a walking contradiction.