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

I'm a Batman fan from Day 1. My daughter's favorite is Wonder Woman, and my son loves The Flash, Cyborg, and Superman.

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.

When you're just an actor, you do your role, and then you're in your trailer. It's not as hands on as when you're directing. You live and breathe it.

My son loves swords and shields and dragons.

I'm a big kid, you know?

You get a lot of respect for 'Game of Thrones,' and it was a lot of fun to play, but it didn't help my career a lot because Khal Drago doesn't even speak English.

I've got kids, goats. My wife always wanted a donkey, so I bought her one.

We don't own a TV. My kids are always outdoors.

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 found out more about the Maori culture, I fell in love with it, and with the people, too.

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.

I always loved samurai movies, and I wanted to incorporate that whole level of elegance and just the code of the samurai to 'Conan.'

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

For 'Conan,' I had to eat boiled chicken breast and work out all the time and basically eat like a bird every two hours and stay ripped.

I'm a father, a son, and a grandson, and if anyone messed with my wife, mom, or grandmother, and if the law didn't care about it, what would I do? Would I be defined by that action?

I grew up rock climbing.

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

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 one of those freaky people that actually reads books.

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.

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

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.

I grew up with artists.

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 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.

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

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 get up at 5 A.M., and I train hard. I've got two young children, so I have to get up early. But I like it.

Morning is when I do all my best work.

I can't wait until I get to play the fat guy in the office.

I do love horses, but I'd rather be on motorcycles.

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.'

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

Train hard, train hard, train hard.

I've been fascinated with Maori culture since I was a kid.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I'm a walking contradiction.

I'm a big softie.

Me and my son got pictures on the Batmobile. I'm a big kid.

Iowa is an amazing place. But I didn't have much race around me. I was definitely not like everyone there.

Zack Snyder is a huge fan of 'Game of Thrones,' and I met him in the training stunt facility that I train at, and I guess he really liked me because he later called me into his office, and we talked about playing Aquaman.

There aren't, like, four Aquamans before me. I get to set the tone for it.

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

To play Khal Drogo was phenomenal, and I wished there was more stuff he could have done. I'm going to miss that character.

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.