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" 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. "

Matt Bomer

Christian

Conservative

Television

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" 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. "

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Hide

Never

" One of the ways I learned how to act, really, is by having secrets and having to function as a kid in a public school in suburban Bible Belt Texas. "

" 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'm from a very athletic family, and I thoroughly enjoyed sports as a kid, but acting was a way of expressing myself and having fun. It was something I found on my own. "

" There were, and still are, a lot of different points of view in the gay community. It's not everybody holding hands and singing 'Kumbaya.' People have very different perspectives. "

" New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching. "

" My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans. "

" 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. "

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

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

Matt Bomer

Imagination

Words

" 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. "

" 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 was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14. "

" Working on TV can be quite insular. "

Matt Bomer

Quite

Working

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry. "

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

" 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. "

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