I love carbs, but denial is good training for the mind..

I was a huge comic book fan, and I still am..

In this business, we have to travel so far away from our families. We have two children, so if we can work together, that's awesome. Before I met Lis….

I got called 'pretty boy' my whole life..

I've been on shows that went for years and years and years, and I was not ready for that again..

To do six to 10 episodes of high-quality writing, and then be able to go direct my own things, and do a movie, if it comes along, sure. I just want t….

It's not that demanding. It's fun. That's one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these things normal people don't get to ….

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

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..

I made a conscious choice to turn down some movies that were action-based, so that I could direct Road to Paloma and show that side..

I was on Stargate: Atlantis for four years, playing a similar character called Ronon, who was an alien that didn't say much and grunted. I've been th….

I don't really push myself upon people. I don't have that. When it meets and things fall in line, it's meant to happen. It's happened that way. I jus….

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….

My favorite movie is 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.'.

A lot of people don't know enough about me. When I meet people who freak out about Game of Thrones, they don't even know that I can speak English..

I don't really have any limitations for what I want to do, as an actor..

For right now, I'd like to tell stories that I want to tell. I haven't wanted to use someone else's material yet, but I would with the show. It's bec….

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

I grew up rock climbing..

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