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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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" Working on TV can be quite insular. "

" I like 'Citizen Kane,' I like 'The Godfather,' all the ones that everyone should see, whether you're an actor or not. "

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" I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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" Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there. "

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

" 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. "