R291, Ryan has always made it clear (multiple times, even on camera) that if an actor wants to continue to work with him, he'll find a way for them to work with him. Sarah, Evan, Jessica and Angela may be his "favorites" but they are also his "favorites" because they openly make themselves available at all times to him. We won't get into the fact that it's hard for a woman of a certain age to find role (add Kathy Bates into that) so he is helpful to them in continuing to work. They don't have as many options. Evan's not willing to take a risk and neither is Darren Criss but both got their start with him.

And while Matt keeps working with him, I take issue, with people thinking he should work with him [bold]all[/bold] the time. When Matt does something that people don't like the first thing people say is, "Why isn't he working on this new Ryan Murphy project?" He shouldn't. That's not helpful for him to grow as an actor. And he really does play, essentially, the same role every time he works with him.

Yes, he got in with Murphy because he's Simon's client. The same can be said of Greg Berlanti and Doom Patrol. That's how the whole town works.

It comes down to this: Murphy hasn't cast a show or a movie that revolves around Matt and it has been a long time since he did Glee. He has had many opportunities. He never gave him one.

However, when he worked with Billy Ray, John Butler or Alex Smith/Andrew Smith he got to do more than Ryan would have ever let him. He got to be the lead. I would think people would want that for him.

It should also be recognized that when he chooses to work with Murphy he also misses out on other opportunities. He has to have balance and he has to go and do things that he thinks are interesting.

[quote]The day it premiered he basically stopped posting or tweeting about it. He probably knew that the reviews were lukewarm and because Amazon was gunning for a hit, he may have suspected that a second season was not likely

I noticed that too. He's pretty obvious about that. He also stopped tweeting about AHS as soon as his last episode aired. It's pretty obvious when he doesn't like a project personally. With that in mind, the projects he liked the most were of course "Papi Chulo," "White Collar," "Walking Out," "Traveler," "The Normal Heart" and now "Doom Patrol" (it was cute when he added that he "really" did like it although he deleted that part of his post and he is liking tons of tweets from people that enjoyed seeing him on the show.)

Only one of those can be attributed to Murphy the rest he found when he struck out on his own and he wouldn't have gotten those if he was working with Murphy all the time.