I'm lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there's something magical about ...
HUGH JACKMAN There is anxiety, but it comes after you've finished filming because it's out of your hands;...
HUGH JACKMAN I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It d...
HUGH JACKMAN I lived with a coffee farmer called Dukale on a trip I made with World Vision to Ethiopia, and reali...
HUGH JACKMAN I'm not a loner at all.
HUGH JACKMAN In terms of theater, there's not a more supportive theater community than in New York. It's ...
HUGH JACKMAN I remember at one point being in fellowship, and everyone used to wear the fish symbol; it said you ...
HUGH JACKMAN I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy...
HUGH JACKMAN Your wife is always right. Very simple. I think I'm going to get it tattooed on my forehead.
HUGH JACKMAN With age, you see people fail more. You see yourself fail more. How do you keep that fearlessness of...
HUGH JACKMAN My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growin...
HUGH JACKMAN The secret to modern life is finding the measure in time management. I have two kids, career and I t...
HUGH JACKMAN To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.
HUGH JACKMAN I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think i...
HUGH JACKMAN To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.
HUGH JACKMAN There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or t...
HUGH JACKMAN My favorite play in drama school was 'The Bacchae.' It's about a king who literally gets...
HUGH JACKMAN I had a fairly enlightened dad, though if you looked at his resume, it might not seem that way. He w...
HUGH JACKMAN Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly en...
HUGH JACKMAN I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It g...
HUGH JACKMAN Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better...
HUGH JACKMAN When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's ...
HUGH JACKMAN I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that....
HUGH JACKMAN I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can so...
HUGH JACKMAN Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we p...
HUGH JACKMAN Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My par...
HUGH JACKMAN I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don&...
HUGH JACKMAN The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Z...
HUGH JACKMAN I once sang 'Summer Nights,' from 'Grease,' at a bar in Melbourne with John Travolta...
HUGH JACKMAN The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love somethin...
HUGH JACKMAN Comic book fans have loved Wolverine, and all the 'X-Men' characters, for more than the acti...
HUGH JACKMAN Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it's the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a t...
HUGH JACKMAN I had a bad back for a couple of years. I had to do a lot of physiotherapy for it. What I couldn'...
HUGH JACKMAN Now I meet people with full-color Wolverine tattoos on their backs. Thank God I did okay, because I ...
HUGH JACKMAN One thing I do personally started 20 years ago. I started meditating, and I know twice a day I can k...
HUGH JACKMAN When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody ...
HUGH JACKMAN I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have poster...
HUGH JACKMAN It dawned on me that acting was what I wanted to do with my life. Nothing had ever touched my heart ...
HUGH JACKMAN At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was ...
HUGH JACKMAN Now I meditate twice a day for half an hour. In meditation, I can let go of everything. I'm not ...
HUGH JACKMAN I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless i...
HUGH JACKMAN For Sunday breakfast, I make orange and ricotta pancakes, crepes and eggs. You know men, we usually ...
HUGH JACKMAN I know I'm not known as method. By nature I'm not a brooder. What I continue to use is a mix...
HUGH JACKMAN My gosh, I love food. If I wasn't an actor, I could be a completely different body shape right n...
HUGH JACKMAN I'm a big goofball, you know. Don't tell anyone that, but I'm a big goofball. In Austral...
HUGH JACKMAN I can look back on my life, where there have been moments where things might have gone the other way...
HUGH JACKMAN Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in...
HUGH JACKMAN I'd sell my soul for a good cause.
HUGH JACKMAN At which point should we let go and do what we want to do, and when should we submit to rules? Comin...
HUGH JACKMAN I'm a big goofball, you know. Don't tell anyone that, but I'm a big goofball. In Australia we call i...
HUGH JACKMAN Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, b...
HUGH JACKMAN Now I meet people with full-color Wolverine tattoos on their backs. Thank God I did okay, because I ...
HUGH JACKMAN I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter wha...
HUGH JACKMAN I like the Rolling Stones for karaoke. 'Sympathy For The Devil' is a great one.
HUGH JACKMAN [Talking about an X-Men Kissing scene]I had to lay down there and think of England as one by one the...
HUGH JACKMAN There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling thi...
HUGH JACKMAN We feel that there are so many kids who need adopting. We thought we'd do it after having a couple o...
HUGH JACKMAN 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...
HUGH JACKMAN I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy to find...
HUGH JACKMAN Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think i...
HUGH JACKMAN I have shocking teeth.... I'm being a little facetious-I just went to the dentist the other day, and...
HUGH JACKMAN I think I was 5 and singing 'Camelot' on stage. It was always a good way to meet girls. I did musica...
HUGH JACKMAN I play one of the greatest magicians of the time period. It's an incredibly original story, a mind b...
HUGH JACKMAN Rogue [Anna Paquin], as amazingly powerful as she is, lives a potentially very lonely life. Never be...
HUGH JACKMAN He's that reluctant hero, and he's a fairly classic version of it. He reminds me of characters I alw...
HUGH JACKMAN My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're ...
HUGH JACKMAN My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up...
HUGH JACKMAN If you could actually get rid of your special power which alienates you from the rest of the world, ...
HUGH JACKMAN The 58th Annual Tony Awards
HUGH JACKMAN [Along with the new characters, producers added more fight scenes to this sequel.] I think that's on...
HUGH JACKMAN Action figure. People can stick pins in it, put in the freezer. It's far more dangerous than a video...
HUGH JACKMAN Peter's whole essence was very joyous. He was fearless, outrageous, and childlike, and he definitely...
HUGH JACKMAN He moves beautifully, he sings beautifully, and he's a good actor. But that's very rare, I think. An...
HUGH JACKMAN Americans are the most generous country on the planet, ... I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Aus...
HUGH JACKMAN Probably look at it for an hour then paint it or throw it in the pool.
HUGH JACKMAN If You Could See Me Now
HUGH JACKMAN We met at a party 11 years ago when we were both on first dates with our now wives so we kind of bon...
HUGH JACKMAN I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and ...
HUGH JACKMAN I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought &#...
HUGH JACKMAN One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12...
HUGH JACKMAN If I'm a lush at anything, it's food and drink. I'm not materialistic in any way, but I ...
HUGH JACKMAN I do heavy weights in the morning for about an hour, and then I do 45 minutes of higher-volume lifti...
HUGH JACKMAN The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was 'Beauty and the Beast.' I was playing Ga...
HUGH JACKMAN Salvatore Ferragamo have done some nice handmade suits for me.
HUGH JACKMAN For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of h...
HUGH JACKMAN As you get older you have more respect and empathy for your parents. Now I have a great relationship...
HUGH JACKMAN My mum and I are, in many ways, quite similar. We're both creative, gregarious, and energetic.
HUGH JACKMAN It's set in three time zones: 16th-century Spain, present-day America and the distant future, deep s...
HUGH JACKMAN great ... I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but j...
HUGH JACKMAN That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also ch...
HUGH JACKMAN I like to dress up in a tailored suit from time to time, and there's a tailor I go to in Naples ...
HUGH JACKMAN When I made 'Real Steel,' the director actually had the robots in the monitor, so he knew wh...
HUGH JACKMAN I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive. But the School of Practical Philosophy is...
HUGH JACKMAN My father is very Jean Valjean. He's what I would call a great example of a religious person. He...
HUGH JACKMAN When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows be...
HUGH JACKMAN There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling...
HUGH JACKMAN It's absolutely physically demanding to play the role of Wolverine. There's a lot of action,...
HUGH JACKMAN When you dance, your body just wants to find its natural weight. I'm naturally a lot more Tommy ...
HUGH JACKMAN When lifting, I'm always with a trainer because the thing that makes a difference is that last 2...
HUGH JACKMAN As an actor, you have many tools - your body, your voice, your emotions, mentally. In film, you have...
HUGH JACKMAN Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't...
HUGH JACKMAN [Talking about an X-Men Kissing scene]
I had to lay down there and think of England as one by on...
HUGH JACKMAN It was frustrating all around, there were a lot of things that went wrong. A lot of it we brought on...
BARRET JACKMAN It makes it a lot easier when you're playing with a guy like Al. I don't think I'd have had the succ...
BARRET JACKMAN Guys are aware ... when somebody jumps around you, you can't grab them. You go into a corner, and yo...
BARRET JACKMAN Sandy played great. We let him make that first save and he made a ton of them tonight.
BARRET JACKMAN He's poised with the puck and never puts himself in dangerous positions. He's like a silent assassin...
RIC JACKMAN We are in line to carry the official coin and the opening game ball for the Super Bowl in 2008.
CHUCK JACKMAN He had a good tournament ... had a big goal the other night and played another solid game (Sunday). ...
BARRET JACKMAN We're just fired up to play them. We've got a little bit of a vendetta against them, and it shows. E...
BARRET JACKMAN I think the last three games, with the exception of one period in Atlanta, we've played pretty well....
BARRET JACKMAN I guess it's a broken record. We've got to take the positives out of this game and the few bright sp...
BARRET JACKMAN At the beginning of the year, I think everybody picked us to be last. It's something that we never t...
BARRET JACKMAN We went over what made us successful in that game and we do it for two periods the last few games si...
BARRET JACKMAN It's just a matter of doctors trusting me to protect myself on the ice and not be a liability.
BARRET JACKMAN Everything in Africa bites, but the safari bug is worst of all.
BRIAN JACKMAN It's all about keeping something alive that has to do with western heritage.
CHUCK JACKMAN He has to do three turns to complete the race and that is very important. He's working very hard and...
JEFF JACKMAN He has tried all different strokes, but the thing that is helping him right now is that he is really...
JEFF JACKMAN Sex is the driving force on the planet. We should embrace it, not see it as the enemy.
HUGH HEFNER It doesn't rain at all in California. Once a month, a man drives through spraying Evian.
HUGH LAURIE Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned aro...
HUGH HEFNER I slightly lost my enthusiasm for most acting, but I've done some little bits and pieces - curio...
HUGH GRANT Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.
HUGH MILLER It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
HUGH HEFNER As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we&#...
HUGH LAURIE My first wife was a brunette, and Barbi Benton, my major romantic relationship of the early 1970s, w...
HUGH HEFNER I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the upri...
HUGH MASEKELA History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs....
HUGH EVANS I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
HUGH GRANT I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'...
HUGH GRANT I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'...
HUGH GRANT Brexit was a fantastic example of a nation shooting itself full in the face.
HUGH GRANT Love expands.
HUGH PRATHER Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and presen...
HUGH EVANS I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.
HUGH GRANT Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll ...
HUGH GRANT It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to make a blues ...
HUGH LAURIE 'Notting Hill?' Does that poke fun at being British? Maybe it does. In 'Mickey Blue Eyes...
HUGH GRANT Sticks and stones may break bones, but words do more damage than most people can imagine. Especially...
HUGH ROSS I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and ...
HUGH HEFNER Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now.
HUGH HEFNER A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.
HUGH MACLENNAN Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.
HUGH PRATHER Don't play for safety--it's the most dangerous thing in the world.
HUGH WALPOLE It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that act...
HUGH LAURIE A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain...
HUGH DOWNS If you delay till to-morrow what ought to be done to-day, you overcharge the morrow with a burden wh...
HUGH BLAIR Beauty is whatever gives joy.
HUGH NIBLEY Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
HUGH BLAIR Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and ...
HUGH BLAIR Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
HUGH BLAIR What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.
HUGH BLAIR The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
HUGH BLAIR To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your mother,...
HUGH LAURIE I never think he is quite ready for another world who is altogether weary of this.
HUGH HAMILTON Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and...
HUGH BLAIR He’d only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he’d always f...
HUGH HOWEY Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties
HUGH BLAIR When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and...
HUGH WHITE Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn't hold much wate...
HUGH ELLIOTT I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We run, hopefully as fast as we can, a...
HUGH ELLIOTT Death can sneak up on you like a silent kitten, surprising you with it's touch and you have a right ...
HUGH ELLIOTT If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke.
HUGH ELLIOTT I grew up with an impatience with the anti-scientific. So I'm a bit miffed with our current love...
HUGH LAURIE I feel when acting, I am sometimes overly self-conscious; I think, 'Going, no, don't, put yo...
HUGH LAURIE I wouldn't be able to act like Al Pacino or play the piano like Dr. John, But I could probably a...
HUGH LAURIE Of course, you always have to be concerned about hijacking. But with the measures that are in place ...
HUGH SHELTON But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serv...
HUGH SHELTON Happiness comes from... some curious adjustment to life.
HUGH WALPOLE Fundamentalist Christians, adhering to what is termed 'creation science,' loudly promote the...
HUGH ROSS If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.
HUGH PRATHER I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too o...
HUGH LAURIE I'm very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. What's m...
HUGH HEFNER Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.
HUGH GRANT We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastati...
HUGH SHELTON And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quali...
HUGH GRANT Save for thee and thy lessons, man in society would everywhere sink into a sad compound of the fiend...
HUGH MILLER They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a c...
HUGH SIDEY The financing of all TV shows is dictated by finding an audience between 18 and 49. I have now passe...
HUGH LAURIE In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life.
HUGH HEFNER Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irr...
HUGH MACKAY I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which...
HUGH LAURIE The strange thing - and this is one of the advantages of being incredibly shallow and superficial - ...
HUGH LAURIE Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining ...
HUGH HEFNER Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.
HUGH PRATHER To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in...
HUGH PRATHER Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
HUGH PRATHER Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long a...
HUGH PRATHER I frequently dream of having tea with the Queen.
HUGH GRANT Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.
HUGH BLAIR It's much more straightforward to get finance when you have an Oscar.
HUGH HUDSON What people don't know about oppression is that the oppressor works much harder. You always grew...
HUGH MASEKELA I have been instrumental in banning bottled water on the set. It hasn't gone that well with the ...
HUGH LAURIE I think that retirement is the first step towards the grave.
HUGH HEFNER Some researchers sensibly suggest that rather than worrying too much about which programs our childr...
HUGH MACKAY On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a ...
HUGH MACKAY Recounting their histories, people often sound like interested bystanders to their own lives.
HUGH MACKAY But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem ...
HUGH MACKAY Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaning...
HUGH MACKAY