Quotes from Matt Bomer

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 had a very progressive drama teacher who would buy all the plays that were in New York and bring them to suburban Texas.

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.

We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon.

I put on muscle really quick.

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

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

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

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.

It's rare that you get to play a great role that has an arc.

I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.

My grandma blows my mind. To me, she exemplifies what a loving, accepting Christian is.

I sort of take cues from my grandparents.

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.

It was a gift to get to play a gay role that was written in a three-dimensional, human way.

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.

I've been handling guns since I was a kid.

I'm so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in.

I remember taking my brother's car out, pushing it down the driveway in neutral in the night, and going out joyriding with friends and getting flat tires and getting busted. My license was revoked by my dad. So, definitely, I was a kid. I was a teenage boy.

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.

To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.

In that Freak Show environment, I got to spend time with so many of the actors who were part of that world. I just had the best time ever.

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.