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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. "

Matt Bomer

Living

Love

Trying

" Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa. "

" I like endings that let your imagination do a lot of the work. "

" 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. "

" It's rare that you get to be a part of something that, hopefully, has some significance socially or historically. "

" I really just try to focus on my job, which is to be an actor, and outside that, the cards fall where they may, and on not getting caught up in how people react to certain things. That's a death trap creatively. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script. "

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

" When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, 'What are you talking about? Go outside and play!' I'm so glad they did. "

Matt Bomer

You

Talking

" I see what kids in the business have to watch. It's tough to do. "

" To me, when you're at a hotel, and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a little bit oppressive and scary in a way. Especially if it's not done well or not run well. "

Matt Bomer

Run

Environment

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

" I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life. "

" I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con. "

" I think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to tell. "

" It's so hard for me to let go of 'The Normal Heart.' "

Matt Bomer

Hard

Let Go

" 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. "

" Working on TV can be quite insular. "

Matt Bomer

Quite

Working

" 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. "

" I remember taking my brother's car out, pushing it down the driveway in neutral in the night, and going out joyriding with friends and getting flat tires and getting busted. My license was revoked by my dad. So, definitely, I was a kid. I was a teenage boy. "

" 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. "

" I love that Amazon has this incredibly unique, diplomatic process where people's voices are heard, and we're using this great interconnectedness we have, via the Internet, to weigh in and to have a say in what we want to see and what we don't. "

" My parents knew if they kept me active, I'd stay out of trouble. "

Matt Bomer

Out

Trouble

" 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. "

Matt Bomer

Great

Love

" 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. "