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Jason Momoa

(1979) Actor United States

138 quotes in 514 categories

Jason Momoa talks about how Frank Frazetta’s paintings sparked his imagination. He describes waking early, training hard, and rewarding himself with a Guinness after a long day. He also says he protects his family fiercely and never limits what he wants to try.

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Jason Momoa is an actor from the United States, best known for Braven.

Quick Facts About Jason Momoa

Born: August 1, 1979
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Braven
Known for: Game of Thrones, Justice League, Aquaman
Spouse: Lisa Bonet

About Jason Momoa

He later played Ronon Dex on Stargate Atlantis (2005‑2009), Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones (2011‑2012), starred in Frontier (2016‑2018) and appeared in the Apple TV series See (2019‑2022) and Chief of War (2025).

Quotes by Jason Momoa

I grew up rock climbing.

Climbing

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I'm a big softie.

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I'm a big kid, you know?

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I'm a huge art buff.

Art

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I grew up with artists.

Art

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I'm not a barbarian.

Barbarian

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Both my parents were painters.

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I'm a walking contradiction.

Contradiction

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Train hard, train hard, train hard.

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I'm a big wuss, and not the king in the least. My wife is.

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My son loves swords and shields and dragons.

Dragons

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Morning is when I do all my best work.

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'Game of Thrones' is the greatest thing I've ever been a part of.

Game

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My kids are my greatest piece of art.

Art

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

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

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

Batman

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My wife says to do the dishes, and I'm like, 'Yes, baby. I can clean up.'

Baby

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

Actor

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

Amazing

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

Children

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

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

Artist

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Being raised in Iowa, I know what a cornfield does for me, and I wanted to have that same kind of feeling…

Being

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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.…

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I'm sure all actors have trouble. The guy who always plays the funny guy, he wants to be taken seriously. And there's…

Action

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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…

Comedy

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Everything has technique to it. So if there's something you wanna try out, I think it's always good to get a trainer…

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There's a lot of things I would definitely go to bat for in Hawaii. I've been all over that stuff. If someone…

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In this business, we have to travel so far away from our families. We have two children, so if we can work…

Business

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Whenever I wake up, I'm up. I don't lie there like an idiot. I get up, run up a hill, get some…

Exercise

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I just love stories, and I love movies, learning and seeing the world. Growing up in Iowa, it was like, you wanna…

Film

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

Aliens

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When I did play team sports, I was into soccer and hockey. I loved hockey. And then rock climbing became the thing…

Different cultures

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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…

Court

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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…

Actor

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I'm not really tough.

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I told my wife, 'One woman, lots of toys!'

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

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I was raised by a strong single mother.

Mother

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