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" I'm always so inspired by Jeff Eastin's writing. "
Matt Bomer
Always
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" While I feel that I have a great reservoir to draw from as an actor for lots of different roles, it is difficult because it can be an industry where it's people's jobs to thin-slice you really quickly and try to fit you into a niche in the market. "
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" I think you work on the roles that draw you in and the stories you want to tell. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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Family
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" I have, like, three suits to my name. But one thing I've learned is that when you dress up in real life, people treat you differently. "
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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. "
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" I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home. "
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" I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well. "
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" I had a wild imagination as a kid - wild! - and I was outside all the time, swinging around in trees by myself. "
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" 'The Kids Are All Right' is amazing. The performances are insanely good. Julianne Moore is going to wreck you. This is the best I've ever seen her, and I've seen everything she's ever done. I like the story, and I think it's a great alternative to the big summer popcorn blockbusters. "
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" I think anytime you can show different colors and portray something that you haven't had a chance to do is always really refreshing as an actor. "
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" 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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" 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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Time
Think
God
" I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor. "
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Crazy
You
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" It's not like the right for gay people to marry just happened. "
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Gay
Right
People
" I had a normal childhood where I was able to cultivate my own creativity, and I don't think I would have been ready for this crazy business at 8 years old. "
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Crazy
Business
Childhood
" Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies. "
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Born
Taught
Kids
" 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
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" Certainly, when you're dealing with more deep, emotional work and sensory work, for me, it helps me to just stay in it. "
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Work
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Emotional
" 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. "
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Risks
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Character
" 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
" Working on TV can be quite insular. "
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" 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.' "
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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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" I'd like to really make the Montgomery Clift biopic happen. "
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Make
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Really
" I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world. "
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Growing Up
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" There's a security, a validity of knowing that it's legal. It's hard to put into words. It's just a feeling, I guess - something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you. "
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Words
Love
People
" When I was 27, I felt old. I didn't feel healthy. I just wasn't taking care of my body, and I had a body that wanted me to take care of it. "
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Body
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" For me, I look at a pilot and go, 'I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential of the story.' And I also go, 'That didn't work. I could change that. Maybe that works. I don't know. We'll see.' For me, I look at it, as an actor, as what can I improve upon? "
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Me
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Change
" 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. "
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