Matt Bomer

There were, and still are, a lot of different points of view in the gay community. It's not everybody holding hands and singing 'Kumbaya.' People have very different perspectives.

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 love that Amazon has this incredibly unique, diplomatic process where people's voices are heard, and we're using this great interconnectedness we have, via the Internet, to weigh in and to have a say in what we want to see and what we don't.

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?

When you really put your heart and soul into something, the temptation is to try to be in control of circumstances, however you can, and looking and seeing how people are responding. But I realized, early on, that that was just not going to be a healthy thing for me to do.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thankfully, I have a very full life. I'm married with kids, so I have a lot of things to focus on, other projects either in post-production or pre-production, so you just do the best you can.

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.

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.

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

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

I remember taking my brother's car out, pushing it down the driveway in neutral in the night, and going out joyriding with friends and getting flat tires and getting busted. My license was revoked by my dad. So, definitely, I was a kid. I was a teenage boy.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

It's rare that you get to be a part of something that, hopefully, has some significance socially or historically.

It's rare that you get to play a great role that has an arc.

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

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

Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think.

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

You have to remember you're an artist and get hungry.

I have more faith in Santa Claus now than I do an exec.

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.

I sort of take cues from my grandparents.

When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, 'What are you talking about? Go outside and play!' I'm so glad they did.

I had a normal childhood where I was able to cultivate my own creativity, and I don't think I would have been ready for this crazy business at 8 years old.

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

Working on TV can be quite insular.

I see what kids in the business have to watch. It's tough to do.

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.

I tend toward more adult fare, and I would love to do a voice in an animated film or something the boys could go see, but at a certain point, I made peace with myself about it.

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

One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose.

When I was 27, I felt old. I didn't feel healthy. I just wasn't taking care of my body, and I had a body that wanted me to take care of it.

I'm blessed to have a family, so it's not like I'm twiddling my thumbs. When I'm not working, that's where all my attention comes.

'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.