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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 was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals. "

" I have more faith in Santa Claus now than I do an exec. "

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Faith

Now

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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. "

" 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. "

" I think when someone knows who they are and is comfortable and confident with that, I think a lot of the typical, aesthetic things sort of fall by the wayside. "

" I'm so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in. "

" 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. "

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

Matt Bomer

Imagination

Words

" One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose. "

" I think you work on the roles that draw you in and the stories you want to tell. "

" When you work crazy TV hours, you got to have a good sense of humor. "

" It's not like the right for gay people to marry just happened. "

" I would say confidence and security and comfortability in one's own skin. I think that's so attractive. Truly. "

" Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?' "

" I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well. "

" I married up. He's an intelligent and kind soul. "

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Soul

Intelligent

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" 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. "

" 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

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You

Talking

" To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time. "

" 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!' "

" 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. "

" Just being attached to 'Superman' actually gave a great boost to my career. "