#dr

As a boy, I'd always had an interest in theater. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasn't what one did for a living. I got over that. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#boy #did #drama #got #had

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. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#already #business #businesses #contract #drama

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#drunk #indifferent #make #must #open

I have two children and it's amazing how in tune they are with nature, with light, with smells, with time. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#children #how #i #light #nature

I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought 'Les Mis' would be possible. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#dreamt #even #i #les #long

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

#anything #drink #food #i #lush

My favorite play in drama school was 'The Bacchae.' It's about a king who literally gets eaten alive by all the women in the play in a kind of orgy - it's related to the word 'bacchanal' - and I loved that idea of animalistic chaos and following our own desires. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#alive #animalistic #chaos #desires #drama

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

#cricket #dad #day #drove #especially

That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#also #children #idea #natural #natural order

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

#anthem #attack #australia #because #been