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" 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. "
Matt Bomer
Out
Man
Understand
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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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" You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry. "
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" Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies. "
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" You should be watching 'White Collar' because it's a fun, intelligent procedural infused with a lot of great character writing by Jeff Eastin. "
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" I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal. "
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" There's a level of love that really dissolves a lot of egotism and self-absorption. "
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" We didn't get to see a lot of movies in my house growing up, so the first time I got to go to the movies - I think it was 'E.T.' - I was like, 'Oh my God, somebody else gets my imagination!' "
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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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" My grandma blows my mind. To me, she exemplifies what a loving, accepting Christian is. "
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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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Character
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Over
" Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from. "
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People
Where
Everybody
" Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, so I ended up being pretty average at everything. "
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Going
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Everything
" You're not going to do that. If you gave your best to what you were given, at the time, it's going to play out how it's going to play out. "
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You
Your
" Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa. "
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Enough
Great
Television
" My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder. "
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Life Is A
Me
Happiness
" I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society. "
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Reflection
Society
Film
" Working on TV can be quite insular. "
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TV
Quite
Working
" 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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New
Drama
Texas
" Cote de Pablo is one of my best friends! We went to college together. "
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Best
College
Together
" 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.' "
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Responsibility
Integrity
Live
" I married up. He's an intelligent and kind soul. "
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Soul
Up
Intelligent
" 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. "
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Think
Great
Chance
" Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?' "
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Playing
Character
Think
" Just being attached to 'Superman' actually gave a great boost to my career. "
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Superman
Just
Great
" 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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Great
Like
Love
" I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home. "
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Lived
Hotels
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" 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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Soul
Control
Looking
" My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them. "
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I Can
Character
People
" I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list. "
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Work
Want
Story
" 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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Peace
Voice
See