134 Quotes by Zachary Quinto

Again, 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.

That idea of comparison is what fans do. That’s why fans exist. They believe in something and something connects to them, and they have passionate feelings and opinions about films.

I try to be as fearless as possible. I don’t always succeed, but I like to think I try.

I think it’s like, you know, you can’t get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you’re doing right now.

I love when you aren’t accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.

I don’t really approach a character as to whether or not it’s good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.

I think it’s always good when you’re able to, as an actor, allow your work to be some kind of a conduit for social discourse, and an examination of where we are, as a society.

'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.