I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you - my father taught me..

I wanted to know everything about the blues. I think it constantly changes for me..

The new celebrity thing is going to take some time to get used to because I really am not used to that!.

I grew up rock climbing..

Some people we know in our lives come up to a crossroads, and they could go left or right, and then end up in a totally different place..

I lay naked in furs a lot. I think I'm naked more than I talk..

I'm raised to actually think, to use my brain..

I'm one of those freaky people that actually reads books..

As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special..

I love life and if there's something that I'm playing that I love, I'll research it..

I don't want to just play the same thing. But with The Red Road, no one has ever seen me like that. No one really even knows that I smile, have a per….

I don't want to play a superhero. Drogo may not be Superman, but it is a phenomenal role. I didn't want to get typecast. Drogo is an exceptional char….

How far would you go to protect your family? I'm a father, I'm a son, I'm a grandson, and I'm a husband. If someone were to hurt the women in my life….

When I'm acting, I wish I was out there, being a part of it and making it. It's all on your name to do that. It's your vision. You're going to get sl….

You know what's it's changed is my appreciate for the art form of making cinema. I don't want to act as much as I want to tell stories. I want to be ….

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 was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa..

A wolf is not bad for eating and tearing apart something, if it's for survival. It doesn't do it to be menacing..

I took no money to make art, but my woman backed me up on it and I want my children to see their father happy..

People who know me, know who I am..

Like it or not, I'm the new f***ing Aquaman buddy..