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I love India. I've always been drawn to it, and I hope that I get to visit the country soon.
I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.
I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves.
When I was in high school, there was no safe haven, there was no outlet for you to speak your mind.
Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'
Our high school offered a comprehensive drama department where I was doing 'Angels in America' at 14.
Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from.
I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.
My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.
To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.
I like not to know, unless it's something that I need to know, specifically, for how I color a performance.
We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon.
As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.
I did a one-off episode of 'The New Normal' for Ryan Murphy, and that was the first time I played a gay role.
I see myself working, making a living and doing projects that I'm passionate about, regardless of the medium.
If you gave your best to what you were given, at the time, it's going to play out how it's going to play out.
One of the things about the con artist lifestyle is that all the romance is sort of sloppy and fast and loose.
I would say confidence and security and comfortability in one's own skin. I think that's so attractive. Truly.
I had a wild imagination as a kid - wild! - and I was outside all the time, swinging around in trees by myself.
Without a safe haven, one of the most authentic parts of who you are, who you love, felt invisible to the world.
It's rare that you get to be a part of something that, hopefully, has some significance socially or historically.
Theres always a need for new superheroes. As society changes, the types of superheroes will probably change as well.
Certainly when you're dealing with more deep emotional work and sensory work, for me it helps me to just stay in it.
I was cold-calling agents when I was, like, 9 years old, and I was like, 'Mom, I need this thing called a headshot.'
I like 'Citizen Kane,' I like 'The Godfather,' all the ones that everyone should see, whether you're an actor or not.
There's always a need for new superheroes. As society changes, the types of superheroes will probably change as well.
Certainly, when you're dealing with more deep, emotional work and sensory work, for me, it helps me to just stay in it.
There aren't a lot of supernatural things that I'm scared or super terrified of, but clowns are definitely on that list.
It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script.
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 think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.
I love 'Sunset Boulevard.' I love the writing, I love the performances, I love the camera work. I think it's a perfect movie.
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.
I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.
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.'
I'm so grateful to be born in the times I live in and to be provided the opportunities I've been given. I'd be wrong to complain.
I'm blessed to have a family, so it's not like I'm twiddling my thumbs. When I'm not working, that's where all my attention comes.
What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title - whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor' or anything actor.
New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.
I learned a lot about self-reinvention. How you can be born Milton Sternberg in the Bronx and then become Monroe Stahr in Hollywood.
It's so rare, especially as a younger actor, to find a role where it's not just one-dimensional and it's not just a stock leading man.
Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.
I have, like, three suits to my name. But one thing I've learned is that when you dress up in real life, people treat you differently.
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.
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.
In that Freak Show environment, I got to spend time with so many of the actors who were part of that world. I just had the best time ever.
When I was 27, I felt old. I didn't feel healthy. I just wasn't taking care of my body, and I had a body that wanted me to take care of it.
Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.
You should be watching 'White Collar' because it's a fun, intelligent procedural infused with a lot of great character writing by Jeff Eastin.
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 an adaptation of a great novel.