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.
— Matt Bomer
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 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.
Working on TV can be quite insular.
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.
I have more faith in Santa Claus now than I do an exec.
I used to go to sports camp every summer. I'd make a lot of new friends, and it was all athletic. It was basically a place for parents to send their kids to run out all their summer energy for two weeks.
I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.
I would sit on the swing set and swing literally for two hours, just, like, imagining things. Like, what if this happened, and what if I was this guy?
I'm so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in.
I've been handling guns since I was a kid.
It was a gift to get to play a gay role that was written in a three-dimensional, human way.
I was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14.
I think you work on the roles that draw you in and the stories you want to tell.
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.
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.
Certainly, when you're dealing with more deep, emotional work and sensory work, for me, it helps me to just stay in it.
Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa.
In the end, someone is depending on me to show up on their set looking a specific way, whether that's 40 pounds overweight or 40 pounds underweight - or looking like a stripper.
You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry.
I love India. I've always been drawn to it, and I hope that I get to visit the country soon.
I sort of take cues from my grandparents.
'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.
When you work crazy TV hours, you got to have a good sense of humor.
My grandma blows my mind. To me, she exemplifies what a loving, accepting Christian is.
I had a wild imagination as a kid - wild! - and I was outside all the time, swinging around in trees by myself.
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 would love to just keep working with really great directors who really inspire me.
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.
Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think.
It's rare that you get to play a great role that has an arc.
I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal.
I'm so grateful to be born in the times I live in and to be provided the opportunities I've been given. I'd be wrong to complain.
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.
One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose.
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.
I see what kids in the business have to watch. It's tough to do.
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.
There was so much going on in 1936 with the height of the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War and Germany on the move and all of those things. There was a tension in the air.
My parents knew if they kept me active, I'd stay out of trouble.
It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script.
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!'
I married up. He's an intelligent and kind soul.
I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.
I'm always so inspired by Jeff Eastin's writing.
I had a very progressive drama teacher who would buy all the plays that were in New York and bring them to suburban Texas.
It's so hard for me to let go of 'The Normal Heart.'
It's rare that you get to be a part of something that, hopefully, has some significance socially or historically.
I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves.
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.
