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All Quotes by author - Matt Bomer

" Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that. "

" As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't. "

" As a gay man in Hollywood, I certainly understand what it means to be in it but not of it, to be marginalized at times and kept out of certain clubs. "

" Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think. "

" Certainly, when you're dealing with more deep, emotional work and sensory work, for me, it helps me to just stay in it. "

" Cote de Pablo is one of my best friends! We went to college together. "

" Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from. "

" Everyone needs a reset button so you can start your day without anxiety. For some people, it's running; for some, it's going to the gym. For me, it's meditation. "

" 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. "

" For me, I look at a pilot and go, 'I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential of the story.' And I also go, 'That didn't work. I could change that. Maybe that works. I don't know. We'll see.' For me, I look at it, as an actor, as what can I improve upon? "

" For some reason, they always gave me a fat suit in high-school productions. If there was a character who needed to be robust, they gave me a fat suit, and I put on a silly voice. "

" 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. "

" Human imagination is so much more potent than anything we could put down in words. "

" I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal. "

" I came from a long line of football players. "

" I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world. "

" I consider 'White Collar' my home base. I'm so lucky to get to play a character that's very multifaceted and the writers take risks on and never get into a staid process with. "

" I did a one-off episode of 'The New Normal' for Ryan Murphy, and that was the first time I played a gay role. "

" I'd like to get a chance to wear two different hats in the business. I also think it would be really great to do an adaptation of a great novel. "

" I'd like to really make the Montgomery Clift biopic happen. "

" 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. "

" I don't know anybody who walks through life all the time in the doldrums, constantly serious and morose. But that's become what we generalize as drama. "

" I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor. "

" I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do. "

" I felt a responsibility to Simon and to our kids to be able to live with integrity and not have some strange split psychology of 'This is who my dad is at home, and this is who he is to the public.' "

" If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor. "

" I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way. "

" I grew up on theater, and honestly, I'm trying to figure out a way with a family and kids and living in Los Angeles to get back to the stage because it is my first love. "

" I had a normal childhood where I was able to cultivate my own creativity, and I don't think I would have been ready for this crazy business at 8 years old. "

" 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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