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Quotes by

Hugh Jackman

My favorite play in drama school was The Bacchae. Its about a king who literally gets eaten alive by all the women in the play in a kind of orgy – its related to the word bacchanal – and I loved that idea of animalistic chaos and following our own desires. – Hugh Jackman

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you dont just read about it you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it. – Hugh Jackman

Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that – we probably had the word cappuccino about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously. – Hugh Jackman

The secret to modern life is finding the measure in time management. I have two kids, career and I travel, and I dont think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out. – Hugh Jackman

I have two kids, career and I travel, and I dont think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out. – Hugh Jackman

I like the Rolling Stones for karaoke. Sympathy For The Devil is a great one. – Hugh Jackman

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 Im 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. – Hugh Jackman

I feel so lucky to have both a son and a daughter, because theres a different relationship with each of them. – Hugh Jackman

By nature Im not a brooder. – Hugh Jackman

Thats all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature. – Hugh Jackman

I know Im not known as method. By nature Im not a brooder. What I continue to use is a mixture of the English school, which is traditionally outside-in, and the more American way of working from the inside out. – Hugh Jackman

As a boy, Id always had an interest in theater. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasnt what one did for a living. I got over that. – Hugh Jackman

Im doing Les Miserables, the movie. Ive done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies, and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so Ive been like, Come on, lets do a movie/musical. – Hugh Jackman

Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I dont get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you dont have to do as much, like you dont go on as many outings. – Hugh Jackman

Acting is something I love. Its a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I dont think its any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me. – Hugh Jackman

When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything thats happened that day just melts away. – Hugh Jackman

My gosh, I love food. If I wasnt an actor, I could be a completely different body shape right now. – Hugh Jackman

I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we dont have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. Were very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food. – Hugh Jackman

If Im a lush at anything, its food and drink. Im not materialistic in any way, but I value food. – Hugh Jackman

Ive always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. – Hugh Jackman