Quotes from Matt Bomer

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.

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.

I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.

To me, when you're at a hotel, and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a little bit oppressive and scary in a way. Especially if it's not done well or not run well.

When I was in high school, there was no safe haven, there was no outlet for you to speak your mind.

I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves.

Certainly when you're dealing with more deep emotional work and sensory work, for me it helps me to just stay in it.

My parents knew if they kept me active, I'd stay out of trouble.

I was cold-calling agents when I was, like, 9 years old, and I was like, 'Mom, I need this thing called a headshot.'

I've been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never succeeded, but I learnt a lot of tactics.

I would say confidence and security and comfortability in one's own skin. I think that's so attractive. Truly.

There's a level of love that really dissolves a lot of egotism and self-absorption.

It's so hard for me to let go of 'The Normal Heart.'

It's not like the right for gay people to marry just happened.

You can't please everybody. There's that old saying that there's no sure formula for success, but the only sure fire formula for failure is to try to please everyone. You're not going to do that.

I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.

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