Top 184 Quotes & Sayings by Matt Bomer

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

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

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

Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.

I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life.

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

I've definitely had crazy acting teachers.

I think you work on the roles that draw you in and the stories you want to tell.

Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, so I ended up being pretty average at everything.

I don't know anybody who walks through life all the time in the doldrums, constantly serious and morose. But that's become what we generalize as drama.

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

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 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.

I really just try to focus on my job, which is to be an actor, and outside that, the cards fall where they may, and on not getting caught up in how people react to certain things. That's a death trap creatively.

I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.

There's a security, a validity of knowing that it's legal. It's hard to put into words. It's just a feeling, I guess - something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you.

While I feel that I have a great reservoir to draw from as an actor for lots of different roles, it is difficult because it can be an industry where it's people's jobs to thin-slice you really quickly and try to fit you into a niche in the market.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

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

My favorite thing about working with Lady Gaga is really just the sheer level of creativity she brings to the table. And she's really one of the most intelligent people I've ever known. Her intelligence is equaled by her heart.

I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit.

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

You should be watching 'White Collar' because it's a fun, intelligent procedural infused with a lot of great character writing by Jeff Eastin.

It's all about communication and a dialogue between individuals - get rid of the labels, get rid of the shame, get rid of the stigmas and just be your most authentic self.

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

My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.

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

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

I put on muscle really quick.

I came from a long line of football players.

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.

I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.

I like to just work with great directors.

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

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

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.

I have, like, three suits to my name. But one thing I've learned is that when you dress up in real life, people treat you differently.

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.

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

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

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

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 was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14.

I love India. I've always been drawn to it, and I hope that I get to visit the country soon.

My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.

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.

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

Cote de Pablo is one of my best friends! We went to college together.

I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life.

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

Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies.

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.

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.

If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.

For me, I look at a pilot and go, 'I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential of the story.' And I also go, 'That didn't work. I could change that. Maybe that works. I don't know. We'll see.' For me, I look at it, as an actor, as what can I improve upon?

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.

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.

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