#i

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

As an actor, you have many tools - your body, your voice, your emotions, mentally. In film, you have your eyes because they communicate your thought process. In fact, generally in film, what you don't say is more important than what you say. That's not so much the case for stage. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#because #body #case #communicate #emotions

As you get older you have more respect and empathy for your parents. Now I have a great relationship with both of them. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#empathy #get #great #great relationship #i

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

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

#been #coming #fascinates #fascination #go

I've never had any real big blow-ups. I go against the grain. Hey, it's life, I'm happy. ↗

— Jermaine Jackson

#any #big #go #grain #had

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

#because #becomes #believe #frightening #i

Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#broadway #eat #equivalent #i #lot

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

Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My parents, and immigrants like them, were known as '£10 poms.' Back then, the Australian government was trying to get educated British people and Canadians - to be honest, educated white people - to come and live in Australia. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#australian #back #born #both #british