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" To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions. "
Hugh Jackman
Greatest
Inventions
Me
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" 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. "
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Sports
You
Bad
" I do heavy weights in the morning for about an hour, and then I do 45 minutes of higher-volume lifting in the afternoon. My least favorite is the legs... I do quite a few chin-ups and rows. I do mostly old-school lifting with a lot of squats. "
Hugh Jackman
Legs
Morning
Weights
" My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're going to be on toothbrushes and magnets and stuff.' I guess now that I'm a dad, I'm thrilled about that. "
Hugh Jackman
Friends
You
Sleeping
" I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. "
Hugh Jackman
You
Marriage
Love
" I like the Rolling Stones for karaoke. 'Sympathy For The Devil' is a great one. "
Hugh Jackman
Karaoke
Great
Like
" But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer. "
Hugh Jackman
Growing Up
Life
Growing
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
My Life
People
Life
" My parents were drawn to the idea that there was space and opportunity in Australia. For the meagre sum of £10, you could sail your entire family out to Australia, so that's what my father chose to do. "
Hugh Jackman
Opportunity
Father
Parents
" 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 always felt love from both my parents. "
Hugh Jackman
Felt
Love
Parents
" I like to dress up in a tailored suit from time to time, and there's a tailor I go to in Naples who's fantastic. But if I told anyone his name, I'd have to kill them. "
Hugh Jackman
Time
Tailor
Dress
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Big
Call
You
" 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. "
Hugh Jackman
Think
God
Me
" Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously. "
Hugh Jackman
Time
World
Work
" 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 would love to have a robot at home. "
Hugh Jackman
Home
Love
Would
" 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
Career
Way
Son
" 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'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
Know
You
" 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
" 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
People
Men
Done
" But anyone who's done a musical knows; whether you're dancing or not, physically it's the most difficult thing you can do. "
Hugh Jackman
Most
Dancing
Difficult
" At which point should we let go and do what we want to do, and when should we submit to rules? Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me. "
Hugh Jackman
Me
Know
Always
" 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
American
Know
" Comic book fans have loved Wolverine, and all the 'X-Men' characters, for more than the action. I think that's what set it apart from many of the other comic books. In the case of Wolverine, when he appeared, he was a revolution really. He was the first anti-hero. "
Hugh Jackman
Think
Book
Revolution
" I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act. "
Hugh Jackman
Gentleman
Emotions
Selfish
" There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling this 5-year-old boy that I was Wolverine. The little kid looked up at me and he was staring at me. "
Hugh Jackman
Up
Staring
Me
" I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless it's been offered to everyone else. It's the manners of being brought up by English parents. "
Hugh Jackman
Party
Up
Dinner
" When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows because they don't know what to expect. I don't mind a little bit of anonymity; it helps on the subway. "
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Know
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