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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

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
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.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Culture Gay Men
There’s nothing so freeing as going to rehearsal and having that experience.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Experience Freeing Rehearsal
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 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
I try to be as fearless as possible. I don’t always succeed, but I like to think I try.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Fearless Thinking Trying
I knew I needed a partner. I needed someone who could focus on and spearhead the business side of things, and [Neal Dodson] was great at that. That’s how it started.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Focus Partners Sides
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
We are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Culture Government World
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
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
[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’m incredibly happy, I’m incredibly lucky.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Happy Incredibly Lucky
We just have to have visibility. We have to have acknowledgement. We have to have accountability to how we treat one another.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Accountability Treats Visibility
I changed all my passwords. I have no any two passwords that are the same for any service online. I have two-step verification enabled on all my devices…so yeah, I did take some extra steps that I hadn’t taken before being exposed to this world.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Steps Taken Two Verification
It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.
ZACHARY QUINTO

Action Compassion Integrity

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.

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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.

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