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" 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. "
Matt Bomer
People
Together
Easy
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" Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think. "
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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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You
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" It's all about communication and a dialogue between individuals - get rid of the labels, get rid of the shame, get rid of the stigmas and just be your most authentic self. "
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Communication
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" I remember I was really, really proud the first moment I got my insurance and also just going in to get my SAG card and filling out the form and realizing I was a member of all the unions I could be a part of as an actor. It was a really fulfilling experience for me. "
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" Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?' "
Matt Bomer
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Character
Think
" When you really put your heart and soul into something, the temptation is to try to be in control of circumstances, however you can, and looking and seeing how people are responding. But I realized, early on, that that was just not going to be a healthy thing for me to do. "
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Control
Looking
" It's rare that you get to play a great role that has an arc. "
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Rare
Great
Role
" It's not like the right for gay people to marry just happened. "
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Gay
Right
People
" 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. "
Matt Bomer
Hide
Me
Never
" I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit. "
Matt Bomer
Tom
Confident
Feel
" 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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Christian
Conservative
Television
" I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves. "
Matt Bomer
Fan
Books
Vampire
" 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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Me
Someone
Way
" Just being attached to 'Superman' actually gave a great boost to my career. "
Matt Bomer
Superman
Just
Great
" My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans. "
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Standard
Uniform
Jeans
" It's rare that you get to be a part of something that, hopefully, has some significance socially or historically. "
Matt Bomer
Some
Something
Significance
" I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal. "
Matt Bomer
Just
Adore
Get
" I used to go to sports camp every summer. I'd make a lot of new friends, and it was all athletic. It was basically a place for parents to send their kids to run out all their summer energy for two weeks. "
Matt Bomer
Energy
Sports
Parents
" I sort of take cues from my grandparents. "
Matt Bomer
Grandparents
Sort
Take
" I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life. "
Matt Bomer
Life
Personal Life
Happy
" Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.' "
Matt Bomer
Genius
Mad
Mean
" I like to just work with great directors. "
Matt Bomer
Like
Directors
Just
" Outside of, as a kid, just wanting to be able to fly and run faster than a speeding locomotive and being able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, we'd like to hope that, when push comes to shove, we can do the right thing. I think as long as there is that hope in our society and in the zeitgeist of superheroes, Superman will be relevant. "
Matt Bomer
Hope
Do The Right Thing
Fly
" I married up. He's an intelligent and kind soul. "
Matt Bomer
Soul
Up
Intelligent
" I've been handling guns since I was a kid. "
Matt Bomer
Been
Kid
Since
" I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way. "
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Seventh
Way
Grade
" I put on muscle really quick. "
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Really
Quick
Muscle
" I'm blessed to have a family, so it's not like I'm twiddling my thumbs. When I'm not working, that's where all my attention comes. "
Matt Bomer
Attention
Family
Working
" 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. "
Matt Bomer
Best
You
Life
" Obviously, when you finish something like 'White Collar,' there are so many opportunities to just do something similar because people want that kind of thing, and I really have tried to stretch myself out, for better or for worse. I hope that I'm able to get to continue to do that, as an artist, and I'm not the guy who shows up to be charming. "
Matt Bomer
Opportunities
Myself
People