Matt Bomer Quotes

I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.

People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.

I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, 'I chose to do this part.' A lot of times it's 'you're lucky to get the job.' We're like, 'Thank you so much.'

I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work.

I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to find out what I'm like as an actor without a camera on my face.

Any actress will tell you - it's really hard. If you're not an A-list Hollywood movie star, if you're in the middle, there are people who assume you wouldn't do certain things without even asking you, when actually you probably would. And there are people who always think you are busy doing something else.

I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.

A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.

My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.

As it is, I have a limited range as an actor - light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet that is what I have ended up mostly doing.

Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons - as a shortcut to fame and fortune. If these goals are not attained, they feel a bitter disappointment.

I put a lot of pressure to keep working. And when I'm not working, my agent books three auditions a day. I'd rather go to the set and work.

Of course, I would like to play the guy next door, but nobody's going to hire me for that kind of role.

I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York, and I was going to lots of auditions and trying to get parts, but even then, you're not really competing with the other actresses. There is a competition going on, but it's not like something you can win in that way.

I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.

For whatever reason I tend to get roles that are more damaged.

With 'Carrie,' I did, like, seven auditions. I'd never done a movie, so they wanted to make sure I wasn't going to ruin it. I don't blame them.

I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.