I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character. — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?' — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
You should be watching 'White Collar' because it's a fun, intelligent procedural infused with a lot of great character writing by Jeff… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think. — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I consider 'White Collar' my home base. I'm so lucky to get to play a character that's very multifaceted and the writers… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them. — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
For me, a lot of these actors are new. For me, I only worked with Finn Whittrock and Michael Chiklis. So a… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
For some reason, they always gave me a fat suit in high-school productions. If there was a character who needed to be… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on 'White Collar' over six years, I tried to keep the… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I look at a pilot and go, "I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I very comprehensively studied Irving Thalberg and his biographies. He's who [Scott] Fitzgerald roughly modeled the character after. He worked for him,… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I think your text [script] is everything; it's what informs you; it's what gives you the given circumstances. Then you take that… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I’m so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in. I felt a responsibility to Simon [Halls] and… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I really saw Pat Brady, Kelsey Grammer's character's point of view that it's a business. It's show business. So, it was an… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
The last thing I want to do is having someone get behind a Montgomery Clift biopic, and then just do the first script that… — Matt Bomer Copy Share
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… — Matt Bomer Copy Share
My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them. — Matt Bomer Copy Share
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 Copy Share
When you are the avatar for the writer/director, a lot of times, I just trusted him. If he had a choice, even if it… — Matt Bomer Copy Share
I grew up on theater, and honestly, I'm trying to figure out a way with a family and kids and living in Los Angeles… — Matt Bomer Copy Share
When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, 'What are you talking about?… — Matt Bomer Copy Share
I would say confidence and security and comfortability in one's own skin. I think that's so attractive. Truly. — Matt Bomer Copy Share
I at least felt the obligation to speak clearly [in 'The Last Tycoon']. This is pre-Brando and pre-James Dean. Nobody mumbled back then. — Matt Bomer Copy Share
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… — Matt Bomer Copy Share
When I was in high school, there was no safe haven, there was no outlet for you to speak your mind. — Matt Bomer Copy Share
Human beings are good, they have shadow, every single one of us has redeeming qualities and every single one of us has qualities that… — Matt Bomer Copy Share
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