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 there and done that. Whether people have seen it or not, you want to stretch. And then, while I waited, I got The Red Road, and I'd never gotten anything like that.

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

As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special.

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.

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 took no money to make art, but my woman backed me up on it and I want my children to see their father happy.

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