Top 160 Hugh Jackman Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “My gosh, I love food. If I wasn’t an actor, I could be a completely different body shape right now.”

— Hugh Jackman

102. “I’m not a loner at all.”

— Hugh Jackman

103. “I’m always very nervous about the word ‘dancer’ next to my name because anyone who’s really trained in dance will go, ‘This guy’s fudging so badly.’”

— Hugh Jackman

104. “You can’t tackle climate change until you tackle poverty.”

— Hugh Jackman

105. “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

106. “The hunger will give you everything and it will take from you, everything. It will cost you your life, and there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it. But knowing this, of course, is what ultimately sets you free.”

— Hugh Jackman

107. “Instead of setting goals, seek defining moments. Those are the real tests, because you have to be willing to fail in a pressure situation in front of other people.”

— Hugh Jackman

108. “I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive. But the School of Practical Philosophy is nonconfrontational. We believe there are many forms of Scripture. What is true is true and will never change, whether it’s in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It’s about oneness.”

— Hugh Jackman

109. “By nature I’m not a brooder.”

— Hugh Jackman

110. “Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it’s the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a twist, like lemon ricotta pancakes or bacon that’s baked instead of fried.”

— Hugh Jackman

111. “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

112. “In terms of theater, there’s not a more supportive theater community than in New York. It’s really kind of a real thrill to go there. I mean, don’t forget, I’m a boy from the suburbs of Sydney, so getting to New York is a huge, huge thrill.”

— Hugh Jackman

113. “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

114. “I’m not a kid. You don’t get in this business for anonymity. It’s not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I’m kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family – their privacy. That’s what I’m more protective of.”

— Hugh Jackman

115. “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

116. “I can live with failure if it is born of conviction.”

— Hugh Jackman

117. “I tried making an album six years ago. It was just horrific. Trust me, it’s smashed into smithereens. I paid big money to silence that one.”

— Hugh Jackman

118. “Acting is something I love. It’s a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don’t think it’s any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me.”

— Hugh Jackman

119. “Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness...”

— Hugh Jackman

120. “I would love to have a robot at home.”

— Hugh Jackman

121. “Meditation has changed my life.”

— Hugh Jackman

122. “Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle.”

— Hugh Jackman

123. “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

124. “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

125. “One of things I’d love to do one day is a Shakespeare with Trevor Nunn. I’ve done musicals with him, but never Shakespeare. There’s no one better.”

— Hugh Jackman

126. “Historically, much of the motivation for public schooling has been to stifle variety and institute social control.”

— Hugh Jackman

127. “I have lots of older siblings, and as they started to leave the house, I went from cooking once a week to twice, three times, and so on. After a while, it was just like making the bed.”

— Hugh Jackman

128. “I lived with a coffee farmer called Dukale on a trip I made with World Vision to Ethiopia, and realised there’s no good reason for the disparity in opportunity around the world.”

— Hugh Jackman

129. “I have a wife and a son, but the gay rumors have started. I guess it’s a sign that I’m moving up the ladder.”

— Hugh Jackman

130. “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

131. “When lifting, I’m always with a trainer because the thing that makes a difference is that last 20% in your training, and he very scientifically looks after my food as well, because when I’m going for a ‘shirt off’ shot, everything changes the month before, and I’m timed down to the day.”

— Hugh Jackman

132. “I do not think it is logical to try and outsmart the smartest people. Instead, my weapons are irony and paradox. The joy of life is partly in the strange and unexpected. It is in the constant exclamation ‘Who would have thought it?’”

— Hugh Jackman

133. “I always think the great parts outlive the actors that play them and that’s a stage tradition, that goes back hundreds of years and it should be that way.”

— Hugh Jackman

134. “My mum and I are, in many ways, quite similar. We’re both creative, gregarious, and energetic.”

— Hugh Jackman

135. “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

136. “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

137. “I come from the theater, so for me rehearsal is vital and a way of life. There are many film directors who don’t believe in it and some actors who prefer not to rehearse.”

— Hugh Jackman

138. “It’s always interesting – how do you actually convey thought through song? We’re used to the convention on stage. In film, we used to be used to it, and now sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. You need to be fresh and really look at the material.”

— Hugh Jackman

139. “Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I’ve worked in Europe, I’ve worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you.”

— Hugh Jackman

140. “I’ve broken a cardinal rule of art, music, and career paths: actors are supposed to act, and musicians are supposed to music. That’s how it works. You don’t buy fish from a dentist, or ask a plumber for financial advice, so why listen to an actor’s music?”

— Hugh Jackman

141. “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

142. “I don’t think many actors are the best judge of careers. I think generally we have good instincts about what we can do in terms of acting. And often they become directors, which I don’t want to be.”

— Hugh Jackman

143. “You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.”

— Hugh Jackman

144. “The last 10 years I have had to bulk up for roles and I’m naturally skinny, so I have eaten and killed so many chickens! I wouldn’t even want to count. I need to balance that out.”

— Hugh Jackman

145. “To make films like ‘X-Men’ work commercially – and also have some class – is one of the hardest things there is to do. I want to be seen to be able to cross lots of genres and still be ‘fair dinkum,’ as we say in Australia, which means genuine and true and, well, unique.”

— Hugh Jackman

146. “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.”

— Hugh Jackman

147. “I’ve always felt embraced by the Broadway community even before I felt like I earned it.”

— Hugh Jackman

148. “I think I may have been the only person to be rewarded charitably and get a tax deduction for swearing on film!”

— Hugh Jackman

149. “But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.”

— Hugh Jackman

150. “I tended to favour the piano over the guitar because it stays in one place, which is what I like to do.”

— Hugh Jackman