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I tended to favour the piano over the guitar because it stays in one place, which is what I like to do.
'One Night Only,' the words I'll be hearing from my agents when I tell them I'm coming back to Broadway.
I have two children and it's amazing how in tune they are with nature, with light, with smells, with time.
I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.
I'm a big goofball, you know. Don't tell anyone that, but I'm a big goofball. In Australia we call it a dag.
I have a wife and a son, but the gay rumors have started. I guess it's a sign that I'm moving up the ladder.
I feel so lucky to have both a son and a daughter, because there's a different relationship with each of them.
For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.
The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.
But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.
I think I may have been the only person to be rewarded charitably and get a tax deduction for swearing on film!
I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.
Historically, much of the motivation for public schooling has been to stifle variety and institute social control.
It dawned on me that acting was what I wanted to do with my life. Nothing had ever touched my heart like acting did.
You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.
I work extremely hard doing what I love, mainly to ensure that I don't have to work extremely hard doing what I hate.
As you get older you have more respect and empathy for your parents. Now I have a great relationship with both of them.
If I weren’t getting paid or didn’t have a character like Wolverine to maintain, I would just be a tall, lean, fit guy.
I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something.
If I meet someone at a bus stop, I want to really meet that person. I don't want to be 'Hugh Jackman, the famous actor.'
When you dance, your body just wants to find its natural weight. I'm naturally a lot more Tommy Tune than I am Wolverine.
That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature.
I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy to find but it's still there.
I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought 'Les Mis' would be possible.
But anyone who's done a musical knows; whether you're dancing or not, physically it's the most difficult thing you can do.
I treat auditions like I treated my first dates. It's an opportunity to get to know a stranger and to learn from each other.
Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.
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.
People photograph everything and nothing - no interaction is deemed to have actually happened unless somebody has a picture of it.
If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument.
I meditated before I hosted the Oscars, I meditate before I go on stage, I meditate in the morning and lunchtime when I'm on a film set.
One thing that I love about World Vision is every place they go, they go in with an exit plan, they don't want people dependent on them.
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.
The best part about being married is that feeling of being a team. All couples have ups and downs, so having someone you trust is priceless
I tried making an album six years ago. It was just horrific. Trust me, it's smashed into smithereens. I paid big money to silence that one.
We feel that there are so many kids who need adopting. We thought we'd do it after having a couple of our own, but we just changed our mind.
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.
It's tough to watch a movie you're in - you put everything into it, you want everything to work, and you never know until you see it all together.
I'm always very nervous about the word 'dancer' next to my name because anyone who's really trained in dance will go, 'This guy's fudging so badly.'
I don't think I knew how going to Ethiopia would affect my life, through a very simple choice of buying fair-trade coffee, we can take part in change.
Now I meet people with full-color Wolverine tattoos on their backs. Thank God I did okay, because I think if I hadn't, they'd spit on me in the street.
I always think the great parts outlive the actors that play them and that's a stage tradition, that goes back hundreds of years and it should be that way.
Wolverine was created in the '60s, but he feels like a '70s character in every way. More Dirty Harry, more politically incorrect, the hair, the mutton chops.
My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'
Because I believe actually the more you do something, the less frightening it becomes because you start to realize the outcome is not as important as you think.
Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it.
Instead of setting goals, seek defining moments. Those are the real tests, because you have to be willing to fail in a pressure situation in front of other people.
I got hooked on espresso when I visited Italy at 18, but these days I prefer a 'flat white.' It's like a small latte with less milk - they're popular in Australia.
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.
Your marriage goes to a whole new level. You not only fall in love with your wife in a new way, but you're forced to pull together. You have to become a united front.