Matt McGorry
Matt McGorry
Matthew David "Matt" McGorryis an American actor. He is best known for his roles as John Bennett in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black and Asher Millstone on ABC's How to Get Away with Murder...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth12 April 1986
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions.
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At some point, you're just happy to be a working actor, but to be able to do it with people you really love and enjoy spending time with, it's just such a rare thing. You hear so many horror stories.
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We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as the boys and men are. From the start.
I am all about the complicated ice cream. Ben & Jerry's is my go-to. I like as many things in there as possible.
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I was the youngest member of the New York International Brotherhood of Magicians. It was me and a bunch of 60-year-old Jewish men.
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I was a personal trainer for about a decade. I competed in powerlifting, and I did a bodybuilding competition. I was heavily entrenched in the personal training world.
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I have a background in erotic dancing, but that's mostly just - it's not professional, it's just amateur.
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I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off.
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For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces. Even when it's a crazy character, grounded comedy resonates more with people because it doesn't look like you're watching someone do vaudeville. No offense to vaudeville.
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When you're used to being at a point where you're deadlifting close to 600 pounds, getting to be 5.5 percent body fat and seeing veins in places you shouldn't see them, it kind of skews your understanding of what is normal and OK.
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My character on 'Orange is the New Black' is not one that requires being absolutely shredded with 5% body fat. But I wouldn't be opposed to doing that for a role one day.
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People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are.
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A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.
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I honestly love any good chick flick, as long as it's a good movie or pretty funny. 'Love Actually' is a no-brainer.