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I treat auditions like I treated my first dates. It's an opportunity to get to know a stranger and to learn from each other.
Hugh Jackman
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Hugh Jackman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 12
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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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One of the Canadian customs guards got suspicious and said 'Haven't you been coming and going across the border a lot lately?' I finally told him I was auditioning for Wolverine and everything changed. One minute it was get ready for the strip search, the next it was come on and sign six hundred autographs.
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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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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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