Hugh Jackman Quotes

• I’m quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.

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• I can look back on my life, where there have been moments where things might have gone the other way. Everything is like stepping stones, and I’ve seen people I admire falter. We’re all vulnerable.

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• But anyone who’s done a musical knows; whether you’re dancing or not, physically it’s the most difficult thing you can do.

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• But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.

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• You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.

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• To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didn’t raise me to just go out and buy this or that car. The only reason I wanted to make money as an actor was because I’m passionate about food!

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• What I respect as far as in myself and in others is the spirit of just doing it. For better or worse, it may work and it may not, but I’m going to go for it. Ultimately I probably prefer to be respected for that than whether it works out or not, either winning or losing.

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• With age, you see people fail more. You see yourself fail more. How do you keep that fearlessness of a kid? You keep going. Luckily, I’m not afraid to make a fool of myself.

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• Your wife is always right. Very simple. I think I’m going to get it tattooed on my forehead.

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• The activity of being a husband, a father – those are roles, too, but underneath them is the spiritual center that connects us all, and that’s what’s most important.

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• The last 10 years I have had to bulk up for roles and I’m naturally skinny, so I have eaten and killed so many chickens! I wouldn’t even want to count. I need to balance that out.

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• The most scared I’d ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again… just singing one song, the national anthem.

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• The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don’t just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.

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• There is anxiety, but it comes after you’ve finished filming because it’s out of your hands; people are editing it, they’re cutting it, marketing it. And it’s… part your career sort of rides on that. But when you’re actually filming it’s a team thing and it really feels good there for me.

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• My gosh, I love food. If I wasn’t an actor, I could be a completely different body shape right now.

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• My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.

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• Now I meditate twice a day for half an hour. In meditation, I can let go of everything. I’m not Hugh Jackman. I’m not a dad. I’m not a husband. I’m just dipping into that powerful source that creates everything. I take a little bath in it.

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• One of things I’d love to do one day is a Shakespeare with Trevor Nunn. I’ve done musicals with him, but never Shakespeare. There’s no one better.

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• Salvatore Ferragamo have done some nice handmade suits for me.

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• Singing is incredibly physical.

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Hugh Jackman (103)

Birth:	12th October, 1968
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Actor, Producer

About

Hugh Michael Jackman was born in Sydney, Australia. He is an Australian actor and producer. He is known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series. He earned a BA degree in Communications from the University of Technology, Sydney in 1991. His role in several films include: Erskineville Kings, X-Men, Kate & Leopold, The Prestige, The Fountain, Australia, Les Misérables(nomination-Academy Award for Best Actor and won-Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy), and Prisoners. His role in television include: Correlli, The Man from Snowy River, and Viva Laughlin(executive producer). He produced several films include: Deception and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In Broadway theatre, he won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz. He won an Emmy Award for one of these appearances. He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009.

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