Zachary Quinto: 'I'm Gay'
Posted on Oct 16, 2011 @ 10:27AM
Zachary Quinto has come out as a gay man.
The actor who appears as Spock in the new Star Trek movies and who also starred in TV's Heroes, made the revelation in a new interview about his work on Broadway.
Quinto, 34, won raves in Angels in America, a revival of the Pulitizer Prize-winning play set in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
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It was “the most challenging thing I’ve ever done as an actor and the most rewarding” he told New York magazine.
"And at the same time, as a gay man, it made me feel like there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed.”
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Quinto has played numerous gay roles in the past and has been active in gay causes but he's never previously addressed his own sexual orientation.
He played a gay character on Tori Spelling’s TV show So NoTORIous, and another on the new F/X series, American Horror Story.
In the interview, Quinto took a look at the growing number of states where gay marriage is now legal while at the same time gay teens are being bullied to the point of committing suicide.
"As a gay man I look at that and say there’s a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say ‘Why? Where’s this disparity coming from, and why can’t we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?’ We’re terrified of facing ourselves.”
Quinto's next movie is the financial thriller Margin Call, opening Friday.
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Don't know who he is and don't care if he's gay...why do they insist on making it a big deal? it's not a big deal anymore....be who you are and don't make an issue of it....nobody cares anymore....
Posted Mon, 10/17/2011 - 9:56am
i think people do this to increase viewing of the movies they are currently working or have done
or draw attention to themselves in order to become more popular
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 4:35pm
lol. More popular? Have you read the comments from these redneck h8rs einstein?
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 6:38pm
Who cares. What's up with gay people having to announce everything?
It's not as if it wasn't already obvious this dude was gay. He has major gayface going on.
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 4:33pm
What's wrong with buying tp at walmart? Where do you buy yours? We shop for bargains. Sick of homos, who cares about their announcement. Two men together, disgusting.
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 3:40pm
I just dont understand why they make such a big deal out of it...its like if I smoked and I made it a point to announce it to the world it would be like waving a red flag at everyone to come and get me..some things should just be kept private.
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 2:51pm
I really surprised by many of the mean and ignorant posts on here. Many celebs are coming out to show all these poor kids killing themselves that gay is ok.
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 2:51pm
So who cares? I'm hetero - do YOU care? Shut your bedroom door, why brag
what you do in there? Need attention or more gay dates?
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 2:09pm
Depends. Who ARE u? What have we seen u in (besides WalMart buying tp)?
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 2:56pm
He wants all of gay Hollywood to know he is gay and ready to do what ever it takes to get a movie or TV role.
Posted Sun, 10/16/2011 - 1:45pm