To have memories of those you have loved and lost is perhaps harder than to have no memories.
One thing that I love about World Vision is every place they go, they go in with an exit plan, they don’t want people dependent on them.
I don’t think I knew how going to Ethiopia would affect my life, through a very simple choice of buying fair-trade coffee, we can take part in change.
You can’t tackle climate change until you tackle poverty.
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.
If you never fall in love with your character, you’ll never be able to do that character justice. No matter who it is, no matter what the character does, you have to find the reason for it. Everyone’s got a reason for what they do, even if it’s a reason that they’re not proud of.
If somebody in your industry is more successful than you, it’s because he works harder than you.
The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.
The Wolverine was fired from his job as a cashier in a newsagents after just six weeks because his boss said, “he talks too much to customers”. He can talk to me all day.
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.
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.
The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ I was playing Gaston. Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it’s very physical. I had headaches every day for two months.
I can look back on my life, where there have been moments where things might have gone the other way. Everything is like stepping stones, and I’ve seen people I admire falter. We’re all vulnerable.
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.
I got hooked on espresso when I visited Italy at 18, but these days I prefer a ‘flat white.’ It’s like a small latte with less milk – they’re popular in Australia.
I had a bad back for a couple of years. I had to do a lot of physiotherapy for it. What I couldn’t understand at the time was why the therapists had me doing a lot of stomach work.
I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don’t think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out.
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.
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.
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.