Quotes from Matt Bomer

It's rare that you get to be a part of something that, hopefully, has some significance socially or historically.

When we were filming the first 'Magic Mike,' we obviously had a limited budget; it was an independent film. And we would entertain extras in between takes.

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.

As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.

I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.

I learned a lot about self-reinvention. How you can be born Milton Sternberg in the Bronx and then become Monroe Stahr in Hollywood.

I'd like to really make the Montgomery Clift biopic happen.

There's always a need for new superheroes. As society changes, the types of superheroes will probably change as well.

Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'

I felt a responsibility to Simon and to our kids to be able to live with integrity and not have some strange split psychology of 'This is who my dad is at home, and this is who he is to the public.'

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.

I did a one-off episode of 'The New Normal' for Ryan Murphy, and that was the first time I played a gay role.

I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals.

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.

New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.

My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.

I remember I was really, really proud the first moment I got my insurance and also just going in to get my SAG card and filling out the form and realizing I was a member of all the unions I could be a part of as an actor. It was a really fulfilling experience for me.

When it's a really dark emotional scene, you have to make the effort to shake it off, at the end of the day, before you go home to your kids and try to be a normal human being. You definitely want to make that effort to shake it off.

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.

Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think.

Our high school offered a comprehensive drama department where I was doing 'Angels in America' at 14.

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 think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to tell.