Quotes from Jason Momoa

My wife's trying to get me into yoga, and it's gonna take me a while, but eventually I'm gonna have to.

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.

I grew up being an artist, but also rock-climbing and traveling the world and teaching my kids.

When I did play team sports, I was into soccer and hockey. I loved hockey. And then rock climbing became the thing that got me out of Iowa, and I traveled the world for rock climbing. I really loved the, I guess you would say, dirtbag lifestyle of not eating much and traveling the world and slipping into different cultures and just observing.

Swimming can be boring. To me, it's like going on a treadmill.

If you're too disciplined, it can mess up your mind. You need to have that treat for yourself.

Both my parents are artists, so that just makes me look at everything slightly different. I listened to different music; I dressed differently. So I kind of grew up without following the pack.

You paint something, and it's yours. It's your heart up on the wall.

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.

The truth is we're all searching. We're all looking for guidance, for mentors, and I'm by no means someone to follow.

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.

You cannot embrace the action or play the role correctly if you're having someone else do the movements for you. I want to be doing it myself, unless it's going to be a train wreck.

Morning is when I do all my best work.

I don't want to be like Spider-man or Batman, the do-gooder kind of thing.

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.

I think a man needs to be a man. To hold a woman the way she wants to be held. Just do whatever your woman wants, and you'll be fine.

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.

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.

I don't mind standing up for what I believe in.

This is a unique legal loophole in the U.S.: If a non-native comes on a reservation and commits any crime, the non-native should be prosecuted by a federal court. Tribal law can arrest and hold someone for a year, but tribal law cannot prosecute non-natives. So since the federal courts are so overloaded, some of the cases get tossed out.

When I got 'Stargate: Atlantis,' I said, 'Man, I'd love to be on HBO.'

That's one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these things normal people don't get to learn.

My children aren't normally allowed to watch a lot of things that I'm in.

I have my ups and my downs like anyone. All I can do is be me.