Matt Bomer
I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.Collection: Christmas
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.Collection: Legal
I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.Collection: Thankful
I'm so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in.Collection: Thankful
I have more faith in Santa Claus now than I do an exec.Collection: Faith
I was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14.Collection: Romantic
'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.Collection: Amazing
Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from.Collection: Equality
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.Collection: Communication
If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.
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 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.'
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.
My grandma blows my mind. To me, she exemplifies what a loving, accepting Christian is.
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.
It's not like the right for gay people to marry just happened.
Cote de Pablo is one of my best friends! We went to college together.
I love 'Sunset Boulevard.' I love the writing, I love the performances, I love the camera work. I think it's a perfect movie.
It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script.
I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.
I married up. He's an intelligent and kind soul.
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.
I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life.
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.
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.
As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.
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 like to just work with great directors.
My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.
Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies.
I've definitely had crazy acting teachers.
I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit.
I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.
Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'
I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.
When I was in high school, there was no safe haven, there was no outlet for you to speak your mind.
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 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.
To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.
I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.
New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.
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.