Matt Bomer Quotes
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Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.
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I think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to tell.
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I never really endeavored to hide anything. But there were times I chose not to relegate my history to the back page of a magazine, which to me is sort of akin to putting your biography on a bathroom wall.
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I think anytime you can show different colors and portray something that you haven't had a chance to do is always really refreshing as an actor.
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For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on 'White Collar' over six years, I tried to keep the set fun and breezy and Howard Hawks-y and very of the tone of the show.
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It's so hard for me to let go of 'The Normal Heart.'
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Thankfully, I have a very full life. I'm married with kids, so I have a lot of things to focus on, other projects either in post-production or pre-production, so you just do the best you can.
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Our high school offered a comprehensive drama department where I was doing 'Angels in America' at 14.
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I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal.
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In the end, someone is depending on me to show up on their set looking a specific way, whether that's 40 pounds overweight or 40 pounds underweight - or looking like a stripper.
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I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.
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I love 'Jaws,' and I think Robert Shaw's performance in 'Jaws' is one of the best screen performances of all time. I am a massive Robert Shaw fan. I think he's a brilliant, brilliant talent and we lost him way before his time.
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I put on muscle really quick.
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I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life.
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Working on TV can be quite insular.
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I did a one-off episode of 'The New Normal' for Ryan Murphy, and that was the first time I played a gay role.
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I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.
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When it's a really dark emotional scene, you have to make the effort to shake it off, at the end of the day, before you go home to your kids and try to be a normal human being. You definitely want to make that effort to shake it off.
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It's rare that you get to be a part of something that, hopefully, has some significance socially or historically.
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Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.
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I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals.
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I learned a lot about self-reinvention. How you can be born Milton Sternberg in the Bronx and then become Monroe Stahr in Hollywood.
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We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon.
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There's a level of love that really dissolves a lot of egotism and self-absorption.