It's nice being liked for playing the nice guy, but it's also fun to be the funny one. — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I tend to be shy in asking people for photos - other actors that I really like and admire. — Matt McGorry Actor Copy Share Image
I grew up in Chelsea on 22nd Street... I am really a native New Yorker. — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
It'll be interesting to see if I ever have to play a typical, bland romantic interest. I'm quirky, and playing it kind… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I've had to realize I need to distance myself a bit from relying on the feedback. I think it's wonderful but can… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I love the stuff that makes you laugh and cry. It kind of sucker-punches you a little bit. That's the thing that… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I was the youngest member of the New York International Brotherhood of Magicians. It was me and a bunch of 60-year-old Jewish… — Matt McGorry Brotherhood Copy Share Image
Acting with someone else, I can't tell how good they are because if I'm doing my job right, I'm just fully invested… — Matt McGorry Acting Copy Share Image
The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change. — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I am all about the complicated ice cream. Ben & Jerry's is my go-to. I like as many things in there as possible. — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
There's some part of me, as an actor, that likes attention and validation, but on any given day, depending on the style… — Matt McGorry Actor Copy Share Image
The whole reason I did a bodybuilding show was to see how far I could push my own discipline. It was the… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
Dating is sort of like auditioning. Even on your worst day, if you're right for the role, you're going to get another… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I had a lot of nerves for a long time about career-oriented things, and I've slowly sort of let myself relax into… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
When you're used to being at a point where you're deadlifting close to 600 pounds, getting to be 5.5 percent body fat… — Matt McGorry Being Copy Share Image
The way I approach any role, whether it's comedy or drama, I like to look for the truth first. I think comedy… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
As for my personal style, I like comfort a lot, like jeans and T-shirts. Having been a trainer for so long, I… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I know some people who are like, 'I love fitness,' and I feel like if you have to say that, you're still… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I feel like my early experiences of acting, and I think a lot of other actors' too, are probably at camp or… — Matt McGorry Acting Copy Share Image
We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
My character on 'Orange is the New Black' is not one that requires being absolutely shredded with 5% body fat. But I… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I was a personal trainer for about a decade. I competed in powerlifting, and I did a bodybuilding competition. I was heavily… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I have a background in erotic dancing, but that's mostly just - it's not professional, it's just amateur. — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I honestly love any good chick flick, as long as it's a good movie or pretty funny. 'Love Actually' is a no-brainer. — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I had a lot of nerves for a long time about career-oriented things, and I've slowly sort of let myself relax into… — Matt McGorry Career Copy Share Image
People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing… — Matt McGorry Empathy Copy Share Image
I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
At some point, you're just happy to be a working actor, but to be able to do it with people you really… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I understand that in TV, people like likable people. In film, you can get away with playing a terrible person. In TV,… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
In 2010, I was ranked top 50 in the deadlift in three different weight classes, and I won my first natural bodybuilding competition. — Matt McGorry Bodybuilding Copy Share Image
I'd feel weird on a show where it was a bunch of dudes that are my type. I like sticking out a… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
It's rewarding for me to have people know me as two very different characters. I think when you see people as one… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces.… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
