Matt Bomer

“Human imagination is so much more potent than anything we could put down in words.”

“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.”

“I was raised in a conservative Christian household. We weren't even allowed to watch 'secular' television, anything that was deemed not proper for Christians.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I'd like to get a chance to wear two different hats in the business. I also think it would be really great to do an adaptation of a great novel.”

“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 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.”

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

“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 anytime you can show different colors and portray something that you haven't had a chance to do is always really refreshing as an actor.”

“How can you not have preconceived notions and expectations of who Kelsey Grammer is gonna be? He's been in my living room since my TV was on. And he exceeded them all, somehow. He's such a beautiful and open-hearted collaborator and mentor and such a great family man. I was just lucky to get to work with him and learn from him.”

“It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script.”

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

“Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.'”

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

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