"I just think that you should be yourself. You should have fun and you should not care what other people think"
About this Quote
The intent is aspirational reassurance, the kind that plays well in interviews and social clips because it’s instantly portable. Yet the subtext is where it gets interesting. “Be yourself” sounds rebellious in a culture of constant self-curation, but it’s also a luxury. Not caring what others think is easier when your career, body, and charisma already buy you room to be “eccentric” without being punished for it. For many people, social judgment has consequences: jobs, safety, belonging.
Context matters: Momoa arrived as a heartthrob, then got recast as a franchise-grade symbol of strength. The public gaze that builds a star also polices them, and his response is to reframe attention as background static. “Have fun” functions as a counterspell to that policing. It’s not a philosophical argument so much as a coping strategy packaged as wisdom: if you can perform ease, you can survive the spotlight - and, ideally, make the rest of us feel like we can, too.
Quote Details
| Topic | Confidence |
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| Source | Interview with ShortList (date unknown; widely syndicated as a ShortList Jason Momoa interview/feature) |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Momoa, Jason. (2026, January 26). I just think that you should be yourself. You should have fun and you should not care what other people think. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-think-that-you-should-be-yourself-you-184492/
Chicago Style
Momoa, Jason. "I just think that you should be yourself. You should have fun and you should not care what other people think." FixQuotes. January 26, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-think-that-you-should-be-yourself-you-184492/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I just think that you should be yourself. You should have fun and you should not care what other people think." FixQuotes, 26 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-think-that-you-should-be-yourself-you-184492/. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.








