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" I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years. "
Hugh Jackman
Three
Myself
Love
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" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Challenge
Respect
Life
" That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature. "
Hugh Jackman
Things
Nature
Children
" I remember at one point being in fellowship, and everyone used to wear the fish symbol; it said you were a Christian. So I asked my father, 'Dad, why don't you wear that at work?' And he said, 'Your religion should be in your actions.' He set a great, great example. "
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Religion
Father
You
" I'm lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there's something magical about Broadway. The audiences are smart, they're educated. They go in ready and they're up for it, they're up for the party. It's a whole different atmosphere. "
Hugh Jackman
World
Smart
Party
" I like the Rolling Stones for karaoke. 'Sympathy For The Devil' is a great one. "
Hugh Jackman
Karaoke
Great
Like
" If I could only do one exercise, it would be dead lifting. For cardio, I dance, I ride my bike, I run and I have kids. There is a... lot of cardio just from being a parent. "
Hugh Jackman
Ride
Parent
Dance
" When I made 'Real Steel,' the director actually had the robots in the monitor, so he knew where everything was. So technically, there's been advancements. But at the end of the day, movies are about story and characters, so all the other stuff is great, but unless you have those two elements, then you've got nothing. "
Hugh Jackman
End
Day
Story
" I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present. "
Hugh Jackman
You
Life
School
" 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.' "
Hugh Jackman
Movies
People
Doing
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Go
Duty
Yourself
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Song
Time
New
" One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan. "
Hugh Jackman
Sports
School
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. "
Hugh Jackman
Me
Door
Daughter
" I had a fairly enlightened dad, though if you looked at his resume, it might not seem that way. He was a chartered accountant for Price Waterhouse. He was strict, and we had a very ordered life. To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didn't raise me to just go out and buy this or that car. "
Hugh Jackman
Day
Life
I Am
" It's absolutely physically demanding to play the role of Wolverine. There's a lot of action, and I try to do as much of it as I can because it's better for the audience. "
Hugh Jackman
I Can
Audience
Action
" I feel so lucky to have both a son and a daughter, because there's a different relationship with each of them. "
Hugh Jackman
Feel
Son
Daughter
" 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
Lush
Way
Anything
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
People
Stop
Life
" The moment your kid's born you realize no one knows anything. No one goes to classes. You just have a kid. You can read all the books you like, but unfortunately none of our kids have read the books so they don't care. You're basically making it up as you go along. "
Hugh Jackman
Moment
You
Care
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Start
Think
You
" 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
Now
Think
Time
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Gay
Ladder
Wife
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Yourself
Age
Fool
" 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
Learning
Real
Father
" I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something. "
Hugh Jackman
Doing
Never
Years
" I'm not doing Bond. "
Hugh Jackman
Bond
Doing
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Thought
Own
Just
" 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
Sports
You
Bad
" 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
Singing
Cool
Friend
" And I think that, of course, there is some dysfunction of needing to be liked or noticed or to feel part of things, something going on there for most actors. For some there's not and I think they really struggle with it. "
Hugh Jackman
Struggle
Think
Feel