American - Actor | October 11, 1977 -
I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals.
Matt Bomer
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Our high school offered a comprehensive drama department where I was doing 'Angels in America' at 14.
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I was raised in a conservative Christian household. We weren't even allowed to watch 'secular' television, anything that was deemed not proper for Christians.
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One of the ways I learned how to act, really, is by having secrets and having to function as a kid in a public school in suburban Bible Belt Texas.
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I never really endeavored to hide anything. But there were times I chose not to relegate my history to the back page of a magazine, which to me is sort of akin to putting your biography on a bathroom wall.
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Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.'
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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 to get back to the stage because it is my first love.
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I think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to tell.
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I did a one-off episode of 'The New Normal' for Ryan Murphy, and that was the first time I played a gay role.
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I try to just live my life and do my work, and the rest will just fall into place, as it may. As it will.
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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.
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I learned a lot about self-reinvention. How you can be born Milton Sternberg in the Bronx and then become Monroe Stahr in Hollywood.
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