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I think the most interesting question is, why do you act? I act because I have felt in acting some of the most free moments of my life...I think it's also one thing that scares me the most.

Hugh Jackman

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Hugh Jackman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 12
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You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.
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I didn't really know X-Men at all before I started. So I'd heard of this comic but I didn't know it was as beloved or as iconic as I have now found out, but I just know fans are going to flip out at this.
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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.
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I think I may have been the only person to be rewarded charitably and get a tax deduction for swearing on film!
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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. The only reason I wanted to make money as an actor was because I'm passionate about food!
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I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.
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If somebody in your industry is more successful than you, it's because he works harder than you.
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Doing anything worthwhile takes forever.
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At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was 26. I had already spent eight years working in restaurants and gas stations. So I had seen enough small businesses to understand that that's what acting is: a small business.
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I have two children and it's amazing how in tune they are with nature, with light, with smells, with time.
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A film is the director's medium. The theater is an actor's.
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What I respect as far as in myself and in others is the spirit of just doing it. For better or worse, it may work and it may not, but I'm going to go for it. Ultimately I probably prefer to be respected for that than whether it works out or not, either winning or losing.
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If you never fall in love with your character, you'll never be able to do that character justice. No matter who it is, no matter what the character does, you have to find the reason for it. Everyone's got a reason for what they do, even if it's a reason that they're not proud of.
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To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.
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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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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.
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My father taught me that losing your temper is a self-indulgent act.
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If I go to a party I don't feel like I have to be in the centre. But I do find myself quite often being placed in that position. Even when I was younger at school, I would be asked to make a speech. I don't remember putting up my hand and all that often but I'd just find myself there.
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It dawned on me that acting was what I wanted to do with my life. Nothing had ever touched my heart like acting did.
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