Matt Bomer Quotes
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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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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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How can you not have preconceived notions and expectations of who Kelsey Grammer is gonna be? He's been in my living room since my TV was on. And he exceeded them all, somehow. He's such a beautiful and open-hearted collaborator and mentor and such a great family man. I was just lucky to get to work with him and learn from him.
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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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It's so hard for me to let go of 'The Normal Heart.'
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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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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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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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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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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 put on muscle really quick.
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I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal.
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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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I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.
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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 was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals.
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Working on TV can be quite insular.
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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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We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon.
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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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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 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 was raised in a conservative Christian household. We weren't even allowed to watch 'secular' television, anything that was deemed not proper for Christians.
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There's a security, a validity of knowing that it's legal. It's hard to put into words. It's just a feeling, I guess - something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you.