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Heroes Star Zachary Quinto Comes Out as a Gay Man
Mazel tov, Zachary Quinto.
The actor, most known for his role on Heroes and playing Spock in the first film of the new Star Trek movie franchise, has come out of the closet as a gay man.
He hasn't done it with a magazine cover story declaring, "I'm gay," but…
Quinto, 34, simply mentions it during a wide-ranging new interview in New York magazine.
While discussing his work on Broadway in the recent revival of Angels in America, the Pulitzer Prize winning play about the AIDS epidemic, Quinto said, "[A]s a gay man, it made me perceive like I—there's still so much function to be done. There's still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed. The undercurrent of that dread and that, you know, insidiousness still is swarming. It's still all around us."
Talking about the upcoming election year, Quinto, star and producer of the new financial thriller Margin Call, wonders about the articulate of affairs with the rise of the Tea Party happening at the same time as Occupy Wall Avenue. "[T]here's such tremendous dispa
(CBS) Zachary Quinto has publicly revealed that he's gay.
The actor, optimal known for playing Spock in the recently film adaptation of "Star Trek" and the villainous Sylar on TV's "Heroes," came out in an interview with New York magazine, and discussed his decision to do so in a blog post on his website.
Pictures: Out in the spotlightQuinto first referred to himself as "a gay man" while talking about his role in the recent off-Broadway revival of "Angels in America," where he portrayed a man who abandons his AIDS-stricken boyfriend.
"It was the most challenging thing I've ever done as an actor. And the most rewarding," he told New York of playing Louis Ironson.
"Doing that play made me realize how fortunate I am to have been born when I was born. And to not have to witness the decimation of an entire generation of amazingly talented and otherwise vital men," he added. "And at the same time, as a gay man, it made me feel like I -- there's still so much perform to be done. There's still so many things that depend on to be looked at and addressed."
He referenced his sexuality a second time while discussing the recent suicide of bullied lgbtq+ teen Jamey Rodemeyer, telling the magazine:
Zachary Quinto recently opened up about organism an openly homosexual male actor in Hollywood, and how there is still a stereotype surrounding the community.
In a recent interview with The Independent, the 45-year-old ‘Star Trek’ actor noted that there has been an “incredible explosion of visibility” for the LGBTQ+ collective on-screen, “particularly in the trans community.”
However, he pointed out that coming out can change how the casting directors and audiences perceive actors. Quinto explained,
“There’s still a tremendous amount of shrink from around particularly openly gay men in our industry.
There is this long-held and stubborn belief that to identify as an openly lgbtq+ man on some level means you’re inherently less masculine, inherently less believable as a linear character.”
The “American Horror Story: NYC” luminary continued by sharing how there are still actors who hide their accurate selves because they believe that their careers will be better off that way.
“There are still actors who think their careers are better served by not acknowledging their authentic selves. That’s their prerogative, but I think we’re par
Zachary Quinto Comes Out as Gay
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Zachary Quinto, best known for starring on the TV series “Heroes” and as Spock in the most recent “ Star Trek” show, has come out as gay in an interview with New York magazine.
Quinto, who recently wrapped an eight-month stint in an Off Broadway restaging of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer prize winning play “Angels in America,” discussed one of the play’s main topics, the AIDS epidemic n the 1980s, and how he feels blessed to not have witnessed it firsthand.
“As a gay man, [the play] made me feel prefer there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many things that require to be looked at and addressed,” Quinto said in the interview.
Though Quinto, 34, has never formally addressed his sexuality in the press, there has been much speculation across the Internet since he rose to fame as the villainous Sylar on “Heroes” and in 2009's “Star Trek” reboot.
Though his filmography lists a diverse array of roles, he has portrayed several gay characters on television shows like Tori Spelling’s short-lived “So NoTORIous” and on the recent FX series “American Horror Story.”
In the interview Quinto discusses how he