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

Momoa: "I'm an early riser. I work out really hard. I push myself; I get my job done, and at the end of the day, there's a Guinness waiting for me."

Momoa: "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."

Momoa: "Anyone who spends time on the road knows there's something special about being in the middle of Utah or Nebraska - you sit with it, and there's a peace about it. You can go left or right, and it opens up all kinds of doors. You take your own path."

Momoa: "I have my ups and my downs like anyone."

Momoa: "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."

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

Momoa: "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."

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

Momoa: "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."

Momoa: "I want it to be the greatest thing I ever do: make good humans."

Momoa: "I'm just gonna make art myself. I have a lot of ideas of things I wanna do and really talented people and friends I'm around, so we decided to make our own thing and set out to do it."

Momoa: "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."

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

Momoa: "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."

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

Momoa: "There's a lot of things I would definitely go to bat for in Hawaii. I've been all over that stuff. If someone told me to be quiet about that because of my profession, no. That's my people."

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

Momoa: "I'm a strong alpha male but sensitive."