--- title: "10 Way Quotes By Matt Bomer" description: "10 Way quotes by Matt Bomer. Plus more from Matt Bomer and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/matt-bomer-2221_acting_i-m-from-a-very-athletic-family-and-i-th_1176616.jpg" --- > [I'm from a very athletic family, and I thoroughly enjoyed sports as a kid, but acting was a way of expressing myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-m-from-a-very-athletic-family-and-i-thoroughly-enjoyed-sports-as-a/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/matt-bomer-2221_acting_i-m-from-a-very-athletic-family-and-i-th_1176616.jpg) > [To me, when you're at a hotel and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/to-me-when-you-re-at-a-hotel-and-your-home-environment-is-ultimately/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/matt-bomer-2221_bits_to-me-when-you-re-at-a-hotel-and-your-ho_447144.jpg) > [It was a gift to get to play a gay role that was written in a three-dimensional, human way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/it-was-a-gift-to-get-to-play-a-gay-role-that-was-written-in-a-three/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/matt-bomer-2221_actors_it-was-a-gift-to-get-to-play-a-gay-role_2650983.jpg) > [I grew up on theater, and honestly, I'm trying to figure out a way with a family and kids and living in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-grew-up-on-theater-and-honestly-i-m-trying-to-figure-out-a-way-with/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c93/matt-bomer-2221_family_i-grew-up-on-theater-and-honestly-i-m-tr_115979.jpg) > [Never forget your manners. They go a long way in both your business and personal life. If you look and act like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/never-forget-your-manners-they-go-a-long-way-in-both-your-business/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/matt-bomer-2221_appreciated_never-forget-your-manners-they-go-a-long_457849.jpg) > [I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-got-a-30-30-for-christmas-in-the-seventh-grade-it-wasn-t-what-i/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/matt-bomer-2221_christmas_i-got-a-30-30-for-christmas-in-the-seven_2416958.jpg) > [In the end, someone is depending on me to show up on their set looking a specific way, whether that's 40 pounds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/in-the-end-someone-is-depending-on-me-to-show-up-on-their-set-looking/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/matt-bomer-2221_end_in-the-end-someone-is-depending-on-me-to_2569191.jpg) > [I took movement classes that I wore my double-breasted suits to. I worked on my elocution because people spoke differently then. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-took-movement-classes-that-i-wore-my-double-breasted-suits-to-i/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/matt-bomer-2221_class_i-took-movement-classes-that-i-wore-my-d_2789681.jpg) > [To me, when you're at a hotel, and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/to-me-when-you-re-at-a-hotel-and-your-home-environment-is-ultimately-2/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/matt-bomer-2221_done_to-me-when-you-re-at-a-hotel-and-your-ho_2837015.jpg) > [I had just finished reading The Day of the Locust when this piece was brought to my attention, and I was like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-had-just-finished-reading-the-day-of-the-locust-when-this-piece-was/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/matt-bomer-2221_art_i-had-just-finished-reading-the-day-of-t_2682077.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Matt Bomer > [The last thing I want to do is having someone get behind a Montgomery Clift biopic, and then just do the first script that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/the-last-thing-i-want-to-do-is-having-someone-get-behind-a-montgomery/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/there-s-a-security-a-validity-of-knowing-that-it-s-legal-it-s-hard-to/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/my-favorite-actors-are-people-who-i-don-t-know-anything-about-and-i/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/certainly-when-you-re-dealing-with-more-deep-emotional-work-and/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/when-you-are-the-avatar-for-the-writer-director-a-lot-of-times-i-just/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-grew-up-on-theater-and-honestly-i-m-trying-to-figure-out-a-way-with/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, 'What are you talking about?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/when-i-was-8-years-old-i-asked-my-parents-to-get-me-head-shots-and/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [I've definitely had crazy acting teachers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-ve-definitely-had-crazy-acting-teachers/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [I would say confidence and security and comfortability in one's own skin. I think that's so attractive. Truly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-would-say-confidence-and-security-and-comfortability-in-one-s-own/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [It's better to be in love than watch it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/it-s-better-to-be-in-love-than-watch-it/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [My parents knew if they kept me active, I'd stay out of trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/my-parents-knew-if-they-kept-me-active-i-d-stay-out-of-trouble/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [ 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. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-at-least-felt-the-obligation-to-speak-clearly-in-the-last-tycoon/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-d-like-to-get-a-chance-to-wear-two-different-hats-in-the-business-i/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [When I was in high school, there was no safe haven, there was no outlet for you to speak your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/when-i-was-in-high-school-there-was-no-safe-haven-there-was-no-outlet/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) > [Human beings are good, they have shadow, every single one of us has redeeming qualities and every single one of us has qualities that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/human-beings-are-good-they-have-shadow-every-single-one-of-us-has/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/matt-bomer/#itemlist", "name": "10 Way Quotes By Matt Bomer", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm from a very athletic family, and I thoroughly enjoyed sports as a kid, but acting was a way of expressing myself and having fun. 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