For the past few days, Oprah's been tweeting with today's guest…a man who she says makes her feel all a-twitter. This morning, she says she opened her eyes, thanked God that she's alive and thought, "Hugh Jackman's going to be on today!"

Oprah says this Australian actor, Tony winner and Oscar® host is the real deal. "I've been counting down the days," she says. "It's not just because he's hot. … Everything you think he is—he is that."

Over the years, Hugh has starred in romantic comedies, dramas and Broadway shows, but most moviegoers know him as Wolverine, the beastly star of the X-Men series. Now, he's ripping up the screen for the fourth time in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

• Hugh Jackman's film X-Men Origins: Wolverine is in theaters now

From The Oprah Winfrey Show Oprah Fridays Live with Hugh Jackman