Matt Bomer Quotes

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Matt Bomer

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 11, 1977

You're not going to do that. If you gave your best to what you were given, at the time, it's going to play out how it's going to play out.

Matt Bomer

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.

Matt Bomer

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

Matt Bomer

There aren't a lot of supernatural things that I'm scared or super terrified of, but clowns are definitely on that list.

Matt Bomer

I like endings that let your imagination do a lot of the work.

Matt Bomer

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

Matt Bomer

We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon.

Matt Bomer

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.

Matt Bomer

I think when someone knows who they are and is comfortable and confident with that, I think a lot of the typical, aesthetic things sort of fall by the wayside.

Matt Bomer

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

Matt Bomer

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.

Matt Bomer

I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home.

Matt Bomer

For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on 'White Collar' over six years, I tried to keep the set fun and breezy and Howard Hawks-y and very of the tone of the show.

Matt Bomer

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

Matt Bomer

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.

Matt Bomer

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.

Matt Bomer

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.

Matt Bomer

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

Matt Bomer

I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal.

Matt Bomer

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.

Matt Bomer