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I'm not a big fan of just doing weights. Anything more physical is infinitely better.
I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.
I think I was pretty reckless and definitely a bit out of control. Now, I'm more focused.
Most people don't know who I am in the industry. I'm far from 'Conan' and 'Game of Thrones.'
If you're too disciplined, it can mess up your mind. You need to have that treat for yourself.
I've been on shows that went for years and years and years, and I was not ready for that again.
After 'Game of Thrones,' having a character like that, that's like the pinnacle of your career.
I saw Frank Frazetta's art, and it seared on my memory. I love his paintings. They're so amazing.
The new celebrity thing is going to take some time to get used to because I really am not used to that!
My wife's trying to get me into yoga, and it's gonna take me a while, but eventually I'm gonna have to.
I'm kind of ADD in that sense where if I start liking something, I'll just learn it to the absolute max.
Iowa is an amazing place. But I didn't have much race around me. I was definitely not like everyone there.
When I went off to college in 1997, I didn't go back and watch 'Conan.' I was out partying and dating women.
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.
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.
I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you - my father taught me.
In my man cave, I have tomahawks, throwing knives, and old black-bear furs. There's skulls, weapons everywhere.
A wolf is not bad for eating and tearing apart something, if it's for survival. It doesn't do it to be menacing.
When I read that Khal Drogo role, I was blown away. I couldn't believe it was happening. I had to have that role.
The truth is we're all searching. We're all looking for guidance, for mentors, and I'm by no means someone to follow.
I'm a Batman fan from Day 1. My daughter's favorite is Wonder Woman, and my son loves The Flash, Cyborg, and Superman.
There's nothing I've ever worked on that beat 'Game of Thrones' - that's a 10-hour movie; they put a lot of money in it.
That's one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these things normal people don't get to learn.
There's a bunch of stuff I want to learn. Instead of waiting around on set all day, I'd rather be learning something cool.
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 watch action movies, and you don't remember when Jason Statham does a kick or punch. It's character trait stuff you remember.
When I'm by myself, I'm really cool and nice to everyone, but then the whole paparazzi thing? If you see me with my kids, I change.
Being raised in Iowa, I know what a cornfield does for me, and I wanted to have that same kind of feeling for the Ramapo Mountains.
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 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 haven't been an actor who's been able to pick and choose roles, and being a family man, it's been about putting food on the table.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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, and have some time with my thoughts.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 not the king in my own house. I have to wash the dishes and take out the trash and say, 'Yes, baby.' I'm 6-foot-5, but I kind of walk around hunched over.
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.
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.
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'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.
I couldn't get a job to save my life. That's why I wrote 'Road to Paloma.' That got into Sundance and got into that scene, and that's how I got the role in 'The Red Road.'
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 to act and do good work.