Matt Bomer Quotes

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

The first play I ever did was with Michael Langham, Brian Bedford, and Colm Feore, at Stratford Festival. That was my first professional job, and I got to work with Garland Wright and so many great artists.

I performed in plays like 'Ashwatthama' and 'Andha Yug.' It was hardcore theatre.

I took up drama and did so much extracurricular work, like the National Youth Theatre and Guildhall's Saturday school. Acting is where I felt most comfortable and how I wanted to express myself.

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.

A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at the Guthrie and here and there across the country.

I'd trained at the University of Washington and had a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.

When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.

I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.

If you're not acting, you're not an actor.

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.

I started really young, like 12 or 13, and then I started doing school plays. We had a really good drama department, so the kind of drama-geek stigma wasn't really there in my high school.

I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.

When I went to school - Pasadena Playhouse - we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold: to entertain and to educate.

I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.

I'm dying to do a Sam Shepard play. 'Curse of the Starving Class,' 'Buried Child,' 'True West,' 'Cowboy Mouth,' 'Fool for Love' - I'll do any of them.

In high school, I would classify myself as a theatre nerd. Always studying, reading and attending plays!

When I was in film institute, stage plays were compulsory part of our training.

I didn't go to university. I studied theatre in high school and worked with Canberra Youth Theatre and The Street Theatre and other theatre organisations in Canberra, and that's how I got my training.

I was an understudy in a show called 'One Over The Eight' with Kenneth Williams and Sheila Hancock.

I did little theater things growing up.

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

I haven't done any 'Fringe' shows since I was about 17. Then I performed with my youth theatre in a show where we all had this old-fashioned make-up on and giggled through our lines.