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But when I found out that Jamey Rodemeyer had made an It Gets Better video only months before taking his own life, I felt indescribable despair.

Zachary Quinto

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I’m really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Communication Dynamics Psychology
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.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Matter Opportunity Thinking
I’m a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it’s only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that’s true of all of the characters I’ve played, certainly in the past few years.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Character Lying Past
I would say auditioning was my real training ground. The technical aspects – like hitting marks and pacing yourself and preparing and dealing with the downtime – the first recurring role I had on 24 was probably the way I learned that stuff.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Real Stuff Training
I would love to be a voice in this maelstrom of chaos and obsessive celebrity infatuation that says, ‘Let’s talk about something that matters’.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Maelstrom Matter Voice
I’m incredibly happy, I’m incredibly lucky.
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Happy Incredibly Lucky
It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Action Compassion Integrity
There was no other concern; there was no other focus [in the Governor’s School]. It was simply there to learn and grow and perform, and that was pretty amazing and informative. I’d say that was a big pivotal moment for me.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Focus Moments Pivotal School
We’re living in an increasingly nationalistic, xenophobic time, and you can see it reflected in societies all over the world.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Increasingly Nationalistic World
But when I found out that Jamey Rodemeyer had made an It Gets Better video only months before taking his own life, I felt indescribable despair.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Better Despair Get Video
I probably get eight straight hours of acting in an entire season or two seasons of Suits. It’s broken into such small pieces.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Broken Eight Pieces Small Two
When I got out of school, it used to be that it was theater actors that ended up doing film and television, and you had to come from the theater to be taken seriously in that world.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Country Film Person School Taken Television
I’ve had some pretty stimulating conversations about where we are politically as a result of this movie [Snowden], but then there are a lot of questions just about that sensationalism of it.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Conversation Results Sensationalism
[Edward Snowden and his team] they’re great characters. They’re fascinating people. They were in an extraordinary situation.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Character People Team
I only auditioned at four schools. I started performing and studying when I was in middle school, and then as I got into high school, it just got more serious. I feel like it became more of a vocation. It became clear to me at that point that I wanted to pursue it.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Four School Serious
Heroes and Star Trek were 2006 and 2007, and I was just about to turn 30, and everything changed. I found myself on this amazing journey, which continues, but it’s now at a natural transition point. I’m reevaluating and reexamining how and where I go from here.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Hero Journey Stars

But when I found out that Jamey Rodemeyer had made an It Gets Better video only months before taking his own life, I felt indescribable despair.

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