Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

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Few Australian actors and singers have been quoted as widely as Hugh Jackman (b. 1968), whose insights reach well beyond their original context. With equal ease, Hugh Jackman moved between Dad and Respect, finding connections others missed. Explore 58 quotes by Hugh Jackman on subjects including Dad, Respect, Nature, Food, and Business — each one a window into a distinctive way of seeing the world. To get a sense of their style, try: "I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people."

“If I'm a lush at anything, it's food and drink. I'm not materialistic in any way, but I value food.”

— Hugh Jackman

Food

All Quotes by Hugh Jackman

“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.”

— Hugh Jackman

Dad

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

— Hugh Jackman

Food

“I'm a mad lover of sport. You cannot say a bad word to me about sports. So I know business is involved and I know it can be cynical, and, of course, I watch it, but for me it's pure.”

— Hugh Jackman

Business

“I like the Rolling Stones for karaoke. 'Sympathy For The Devil' is a great one.”

— Hugh Jackman

Sympathy

“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.”

— Hugh Jackman

Respect

“Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings.”

— Hugh Jackman

Life

“The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was 'Beauty and the Beast.' I was playing Gaston. Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it's very physical. I had headaches every day for two months.”

— Hugh Jackman

Beauty

“My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a resounding 'No.' But if I asked for a saxophone, one would appear and next day and I'd be signed up for lessons. So anything to do with education or learning, my father would spare no expense.”

— Hugh Jackman

Education

“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.”

— Hugh Jackman

Dad

“I know I'm not known as method. By nature I'm 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

Nature

“I feel so lucky to have both a son and a daughter, because there's a different relationship with each of them.”

— Hugh Jackman

Relationship

“I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that and it's fine for me.”

— Hugh Jackman

Movies

“I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.”

— Hugh Jackman

Business

“I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food.”

— Hugh Jackman

Food

“When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away.”

— Hugh Jackman

Home

“I'm doing a new musical on Broadway, which opens in October called 'The Boy from Oz,' where I play Peter Allen. For those of you who don't know, he became first famous in America for marrying Liza Minelli.”

— Hugh Jackman

Famous

“I once sang 'Summer Nights,' from 'Grease,' at a bar in Melbourne with John Travolta, who's a good friend of mine. He looked cool singing the part of Danny - sitting in an armchair, smoking a cigar - while I got stuck playing Sandy.”

— Hugh Jackman

Cool

“Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My parents, and immigrants like them, were known as '&pound10 poms.' Back then, the Australian government was trying to get educated British people and Canadians - to be honest, educated white people - to come and live in Australia.”

— Hugh Jackman

Government

“As a boy, I'd always had an interest in theater. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasn't what one did for a living. I got over that.”

— Hugh Jackman

Music

“The secret to modern life is finding the measure in time management. I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't 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

Travel