Bomer: "I would love to just keep working with really great directors who really inspire me."

Bomer: "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."

Bomer: "I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor."

Bomer: "Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule."

Bomer: "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."

Bomer: "Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, so I ended up being pretty average at everything."

Bomer: "It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script."

Bomer: "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."

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

Bomer: "I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there."

Bomer: "I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals."

Bomer: "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."

Bomer: "If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor."