Matt Bomer

I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.

I'm so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in.

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

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. It was something I found on my own.

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 about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you.

We didn't get to see a lot of movies in my house growing up, so the first time I got to go to the movies - I think it was 'E.T.' - I was like, 'Oh my God, somebody else gets my imagination!'

I had a wild imagination as a kid - wild! - and I was outside all the time, swinging around in trees by myself.

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

When you work crazy TV hours, you got to have a good sense of humor.

Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from.

It's all about communication and a dialogue between individuals - get rid of the labels, get rid of the shame, get rid of the stigmas and just be your most authentic self.

I got a .30-30 for Christmas in the seventh grade. It wasn't what I asked for, by the way.