“I'm an actor. Never trust an actor, whatever their energy is. I suppose you guys see that side of me, but I'm sure there's plenty of people close to me who've seen the other one. I think if we're all honest with ourselves, we all know that internal rage.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGuyActorsEnergySidesHonestRagePlentyInternalsNever Trust Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleWorldWantLoveVisionPlansOne ThingDependentExitWorld Vision Author:Hugh Jackman
“If you get too heavy with the nods and winks, people get a sense that they're excluded from something. If they're in screenings and everyone's laughing, and they don't know what the hell it's about, somehow you feel excluded from the party, or like you're not in the inner circle. As a performer, that's the worst thing you can do to an audience. It's fun, but you have to be very careful with it.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsFunCan DoPartyAudienceLaughingHellWorstLike YouCarefulHeavyCirclesPerformersWorst ThingsExcludedScreening Author:Hugh Jackman
“There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensMightCertainBlameMisfortunesMight Have BeenHow You FeelObsessingBlaming OthersPoints In Life Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleKidsAgeFailingFoolKeep GoingNot AfraidFearlessness Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingStreetsColorOkayThank GodTattooSpitThank You God Author:Hugh Jackman
“I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.” PeopleIfsFeltGhostDiminish Author:Hugh Jackman
“I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It gave me a great appreciation of how tough life is and about the indomitable spirit that the Aboriginal people have always possessed.” PeopleLife IsSpiritWonderfulToughAppreciationPossessedAboriginalIndomitableTough LifeIndomitable Spirit Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsDoneLevelsPerspectiveFineAustraliaSatisfyingKnow MeFountainPrestigeX MenNolan Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleFirstsHas BeensNightSongFrontsThousandSingingHundredFirst TimeScaredAustraliaPanicVersusRugbyNew ZealandAnthemPanic AttacksNational AnthemSinging The National AnthemAustralia And New Zealand Author: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 it's 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.” PeopleThinkingTryingYearsImportantChallengesActingCareersGreaterTeachingCrafts Author:Hugh Jackman
“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 '£10 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.” PeopleTryingYearsGovernmentParentBornWhiteKnownHonestFollowingBritishEducatedBeing HonestAustraliaImmigrantsPoundsAustralian Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleWayLooksHas BeensI CanMomentsMightGoneStonesAdmireVulnerableStepping StonesFaltering Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleThinkingTwoDifferentKidsLife IsCareersCoupleValuableTime ManagementCommodityParcel Author:Hugh Jackman
“I love New York ... I think it's the best city in the world. As far as cities go, everything's there. I think it's so vibrant. I love the people, I think they're honest, in your face. If they don't like you, they'll say, 'Get out of my way,' if they like you they'll slap you on the back and support you. It's a very intoxicating environment to be in.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayFacesCitiesSupportEnvironmentHonestNew YorkLike YouMy WayYour FaceSlapSupport YouCities In The WorldI Love New York Author:Hugh Jackman
“I'm doing 'Les Miserables,' the movie. I've 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 I've been like, 'Come on, let's do a movie/musical.'” PeopleKnowsHas BeensTwoDoneActorsPathHollywoodMusicalMovieTwo Paths Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleFeelsHandsCareersCuttingTeamAnxietyMarketingFinishedFeel GoodEditing Author:Hugh Jackman
“When people stop me in the street, and I can see they want to tell me more than they want the selfie, they want to tell me what it means to them, and that means a lot to me.” PeopleMean Author:Hugh Jackman
“There is still boxing, but there's just no money in it anymore. If you went around the world and asked a bunch of people under 20 years old, to name a boxer, I bet they couldn't name one. They'd be able to name a UFC fighter though. When I was younger there was Mike Tyson and we watched everything. I'm not saying its gone, or its going to go, and it could easily be ignited by another fighter, but it's just that idea that UFC is more violent, that desire for more spectacle, has captured people's attention.” PeopleWorldDesireAttentionViolentFighterBoxingNo MoneyTyson Author:Hugh Jackman
“Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward.” PeopleWayGivingHandsMotivationHands UpWay ForwardHandouts Author:Hugh Jackman
“I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. So I've always said 'yes' to the thing I'm most scared about. The fear of letting myself down - of saying 'no' to something that I was afraid of and then sitting in my room later going, 'I wish I'd had the guts to say this or that' - that galvanizes me more than anything.” PeopleIfsSaidWishFeltRoomsSittingScaredGhostGutsDiminishSaying No Author:Hugh Jackman
“Your idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea. The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world.” PeopleWorldIdeasBigsChanging The WorldClicksReally Amazing Author:Hugh Jackman
“The old ways are dead. And you need people around you who concur. That means hanging out more with the creative people, the freaks, the real visionaries, than you're already doing. Thinking more about what their needs are, and responding accordingly. Avoid the dullards; avoid the folk who play it safe. They can't help you anymore. Their stability model no longer offers that much stability. They are extinct, they are extinction.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsMeanRealPlayHelpingCreativeOffersSafeModelsFolksHanging OutStabilityFreakExtinctionVisionariesCreative PeopleRespondingOld WaysConcur Author:Hugh Jackman
“I do not think it is logical to try and outsmart the smartest people. Instead, my weapons are irony and paradox. The joy of life is partly in the strange and unexpected. It is in the constant exclamation 'Who would have thought it?'” PeopleThinkingTryingLife IsJoyStrangeWeaponsConstantIronyUnexpectedLogicalParadoxJoy Of LifeExclamation Author:Hugh Jackman
“People photograph everything and nothing - no interaction is deemed to have actually happened unless somebody has a picture of it.” PeopleHappenedPhotographInteraction Author:Hugh Jackman
“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.” PeopleRealMomentsGoalSituationFailingFrontsWillingTestsPressureSettingSettingsDefiningSetting GoalsDefining Moments Author:Hugh Jackman
