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

— Hugh Jackman

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

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

Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings.

— Hugh Jackman

I do heavy weights in the morning for about an hour, and then I do 45 minutes of higher-volume lifting in the afternoon. My least favorite is the legs... I do quite a few chin-ups and rows. I do mostly old-school lifting with a lot of squats.

— Hugh Jackman

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.

— Hugh Jackman

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

I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that, and it's fine for me.

— Hugh Jackman

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

— Hugh Jackman

I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different from most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out.

— Hugh Jackman