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" There's always a need for new superheroes. As society changes, the types of superheroes will probably change as well. "
Matt Bomer
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" What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title - whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor' or anything actor. "
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" There's a level of love that really dissolves a lot of egotism and self-absorption. "
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" I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character. "
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" When you work crazy TV hours, you got to have a good sense of humor. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals. "
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" 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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" I came from a long line of football players. "
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" 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. "
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" I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life. "
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" One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I was cold-calling agents when I was, like, 9 years old, and I was like, 'Mom, I need this thing called a headshot.' "
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" Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa. "
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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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" Thankfully, I have a very full life. I'm married with kids, so I have a lot of things to focus on, other projects either in post-production or pre-production, so you just do the best you can. "
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" I would say confidence and security and comfortability in one's own skin. I think that's so attractive. Truly. "
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" I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home. "
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" My parents knew if they kept me active, I'd stay out of trouble. "
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" Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody. "
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