I grew up with artists.
You cannot embrace the action or play the role correctly if you're having someone else do the movements for you. I want to be doing it myself, unless it's going to be a train wreck.
I'm raised to actually think, to use my brain.
As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special.
Like it or not, I'm the new f***ing Aquaman buddy.
I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you - my father taught me.