Matt 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.

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.

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

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

Shareholder activism works when activists understand something about the characteristics of the business that the board doesn't.