Now that I am a little more confident, I try and challenge myself: Hugh Jackman

So are you planning to take some gifts for family from Singapore Hugh Jackman I bought these little pots for my wife to keep condiments Tomorrow is my sonrsquos 14th birthday So I have been looking to buy something for him Apart from these small things I bought a jar of amazing coco jam Have you tasted kaya toast here You must It is soft poached egg on toast with butter and coconut jam and I know it sounds weird but it tastes really goodHugh Jackman seen here sporting a bandage on his nose had a surgery to remove a cancerous growth before his filmrsquos Singapore premiere PicAFPIs Wolverine any different in this one compared to his character in the earlier filmsJackman Yeah hersquos a little different in this film in the sense that he is sort of a mediator here He is more diplomatic and patient calm and understanding which is tough for him He is a good guy but he is not a nice guy He is the last person in the world to have patience He is always has this ferocity in him and he means businessNicholas Hoult James McAvoy and Hugh Jackman in a still from XMen Days of Future PastWhat was it like coming together with the team again along with director Brian SingerJackman You know I woke up at 330 this morning and I felt this moment of real gratitude This film looks fresher than ever itrsquos like it is the beginning I am lucky to have worked with such talented bunch of people for so many years I have been around long enough to recognise good talent when I see it It was like a huge reunion for us I am so impressed with James McAvoy I watched him do this threepage scene opposite Patrick Stewart they play the same characters and I was amazed I find that the younger cast had the same bond that we shared they laugh together a lot which is goodIn this film there are two parallel universes Was it more of a challenge fitting into both worldsJackman I think this future and past thing was more challenging for the writer The more you look into it more things unravel and it could become really complicated Dotting your irsquos and crossing the trsquos becomes really important It is like cleaning the slate for some of the X Men movies It is a very fresh storyline rather than just a reboot After seeing this film I feel fresher like we have come a full circle I have too much respect for the character and the audience to do something just for the heck of itYour character in this film goes back to the past to change some things If you could go back into your past what would you like to changeJackman Oh a lot of things Right now in my life I am at ease and blessed to have what I have Yes I do wish I could go back to my high school days and take things more easily At that time everything seemed like the end of the world When a girl dumped me I took it so seriously that I thought I am never going to love anyone again Everything was so important at that time I remember people telling me not to take things so seriously but everything was end of the world for me I wish I had a little more fun with my lifeYou are said to be one of the nicest guys in Hollywood Is it tough to be kind when you are always in the limelightJackman Please tell my kids about me being a nice man laughs You know I was brought up in a particular manner If my dad were here he would ask me to first get the elbows off the table He taught us to be respectful and polite You always end up being how you are brought up even if you try to deviate and rebel I have never heard my dad say a bad thing to or about anyone and he has always been kind to everyone including his family So it is natural for me to be like that To be anything but like that would take a lot of hard work I remember at the beginning of my career I had this publicist who would tell me to not move my hands too much while talking I was told that if you want to be a star keep a mystery about you I couldnrsquot do that I need to be myself If I spend all my energy being someone else on screen I canrsquot possibly do that off screen tooYou are playing the same character for the seventh time Is there any fear of feeling jadedJackman Jaded No If I had ever felt that I would have the courage and also enough respect for the audience to walk away Just the other day a friend was dining with me and he told me that he wonders how I have managed to keep the excitement alive That is probably because I love my job I love it all the more now Now that I am a little more confident I try and challenge myself I want things to be a little uncomfortable It is not easy to be there and host an Oscar show one slip and you could fall on your face and ruin your entire career Thatrsquos when it becomes exciting