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 More Quotes by Matt Bomer More Quotes From Matt Bomer Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies. Matt Bomer bullytaughtkids 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 tycoonslastsspeak I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character. Matt Bomer playcharacterthinking I'm a long time [Scott] Fitzgerald fan, as probably everyone in America is. And I've always been fascinated by that theme of, what is the price of the American dream and what parts of your soul do you walk away with? The conflict of art versus commerce was also very interesting to me. Matt Bomer dreamamericaart I think your text [script] is everything; it's what informs you; it's what gives you the given circumstances. Then you take that and you add your own creativity and your own spin on things and you make it personal. That's what makes that character and that text unique to you, when you personalize it. I think that's where your job as an actor comes in. Matt Bomer creativityjobscharacter I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home. Matt Bomer yeahhometrying I see myself working, making a living and doing projects that I'm passionate about, regardless of the medium. Matt Bomer mediumsprojectspassionate If you don't like Superman, something's wrong with you! Matt Bomer ifs I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman, at some point in their life. Matt Bomer girlplaythinking I’ve been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never succeeded, but I learnt a lot of tactics. Matt Bomer cardadartist Anybody who is rude to anyone in the service industry is automatically out. Matt Bomer service-industryindustryrude 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 wasn't necessarily what was my first impulse, I was like, "Billy Ray has been living with this for two years before I even came on board, so I'm going with him." Matt Bomer choicestwoyears I very comprehensively studied Irving Thalberg and his biographies. He's who [Scott] Fitzgerald roughly modeled the character after. He worked for him, as a writer, when he was at MGM. And, of course, I revisited the novel and the politics of MGM and the studio system at the time and familiarized myself with the world. There was a great deal of physical and literary work that went into it. Matt Bomer scott-fitzgeraldcharacterworld 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. Matt Bomer temptationheartpeople I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit. Matt Bomer tomssuitsfeels If youre wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor. Matt Bomer tailorsstylewant Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule. Matt Bomer being-differentcountrykids As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't. Matt Bomer rolesactorscomfort The last thing I want to do is having someone get behind a Montgomery Clift biopic, and then just do the first script that came out. Sometimes it takes a long time for these things to gestate. And I'm only going to do it if it's the right story that's told for the right reason, and that's relevant to this day and age, as much as it pays homage to who this man was. Should that happen during the time when I'm still young enough to play him, perfect. And if not, hopefully someone else will get to play him because I do think it's an incredible story. Matt Bomer playmenthinking I took movement classes that I wore my double-breasted suits to. I worked on my elocution because people spoke differently then. I was really trying to toe the line. I think that if I had spoken exactly the way that people spoke back then, it probably would have alienated people. Matt Bomer classpeoplethinking
