Hugh Quotes
I am about to die. It is September 11, and every cell in my body is acutely aware of my looming demise. The certainty of it. The inevitability. Not years from now, not weeks nor days. Moments.
Statistics were magic like this: they could tell you with near-certainty that a thing would occur, without a hint of when or where.
A seed of hope caught a taste of moisture. Some wishful kernel buried deep, where he was loathe to acknowledge it lest it poison or choke him, began to sprout.
One of the many things that surprised me about Wool is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.
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.
Your marriage goes to a whole new level. You not only fall in love with your wife in a new way, but you're forced to pull together. You have to become a united front.
I work extremely hard doing what I love, mainly to ensure that I don't have to work extremely hard doing what I hate.
My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'
Write down five things you love to do. Next, write down five things that you're really good at. Then just try to match them up! Revisit your list once a year to make sure you're on the right track.
I'm quite an independent person, and I had to be. As a boy and growing into a young man I had to look out for myself. And now I'm very family-oriented. It's a big priority in my life.
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.
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.
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.
My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.
But anyone who's done a musical knows; whether you're dancing or not, physically it's the most difficult thing you can do.
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.
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.
I like to dress up in a tailored suit from time to time, and there's a tailor I go to in Naples who's fantastic. But if I told anyone his name, I'd have to kill them.
If I could only do one exercise, it would be dead lifting. For cardio, I dance, I ride my bike, I run and I have kids. There is a... lot of cardio just from being a parent.
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.
When you dance, your body just wants to find its natural weight. I'm naturally a lot more Tommy Tune than I am Wolverine.
When people stop me in the street, and I can see they want to tell me more than they want the selfie, they want to tell me what it means to them, and that means a lot to me.
There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling this 5-year-old boy that I was Wolverine. The little kid looked up at me and he was staring at me.
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.'
I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something.
Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle.
People photograph everything and nothing - no interaction is deemed to have actually happened unless somebody has a picture of it.
'One Night Only,' the words I'll be hearing from my agents when I tell them I'm coming back to Broadway.
It's tough to watch a movie you're in - you put everything into it, you want everything to work, and you never know until you see it all together.
I tended to favour the piano over the guitar because it stays in one place, which is what I like to do.
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.
My mum and I are, in many ways, quite similar. We're both creative, gregarious, and energetic.
If I weren’t getting paid or didn’t have a character like Wolverine to maintain, I would just be a tall, lean, fit guy.
I've always felt embraced by the Broadway community even before I felt like I earned it.
My dad's main client was the World Bank, and he spent most of his time traveling to Third World countries. His particular interest lay in the eradication of poverty through development and business.
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.
Nothing has ever opened my eyes like transcendental meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what’s a pretty chaotic life!