Matt Bomer Quotes
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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 was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals.
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It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script.
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There's always a need for new superheroes. As society changes, the types of superheroes will probably change as well.
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I had a very progressive drama teacher who would buy all the plays that were in New York and bring them to suburban Texas.
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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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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 so hard for me to let go of 'The Normal Heart.'
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I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal.
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Working on TV can be quite insular.
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There aren't a lot of supernatural things that I'm scared or super terrified of, but clowns are definitely on that list.
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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 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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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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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.
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I have, like, three suits to my name. But one thing I've learned is that when you dress up in real life, people treat you differently.
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You're really lucky as an artist if you get a role that changes you as a person.
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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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Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'
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I'm so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in.
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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 tend toward more adult fare, and I would love to do a voice in an animated film or something the boys could go see, but at a certain point, I made peace with myself about it.
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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.