sadly the com is almost dead but this vid is so awesome :D - totally love zach and ben together <3

Zachary Quinto rides a wave of professional, personal growth



Actor-producer Zachary Quinto is in firm control of his world, with 'Margin Call,' his production company Before the Door's first feature, set to premiere.

By Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times
October 20, 2011

In late 2008, "Margin Call" looked like the kind of film project that could languish indefinitely: an unfinanced script from a first-time writer-director on a wonkish subject — the math behind Wall Street's recent collapse.

Then Spock beamed in.

Zachary Quinto had just wrapped filming on J.J. Abrams' reboot of "Star Trek," playing the pointy-eared young Starfleet Academy commander, and his NBC show "Heroes" had a cult following. He had formed a production company with two drama school friends and was looking for projects, so he met "Margin Call" writer-director J.C. Chandor at the Fairfax Farmers Market on the recommendation of a mutual friend.

"I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor," Quinto, 34, said in an interview at the Silver Lake offices of Before the Door, his company with Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa. A bungalow that was once Quinto's apartment, Before the Door feels as much like a home as a business, with Quinto's genial mixed Irish wolfhound, Noah, padding through the rooms. "I wanted to take some control of the stories that I'm a part of telling."

"Margin Call" became Before the Door's first feature, with Quinto starring as a Wall Street analyst who discovers a catastrophic flaw in his company's financial formula. Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany and Demi Moore are some of his equivocating bosses, who must determine how to manage the crisis; Penn Badgley is a young colleague out of his depth, mathematically and emotionally. As the film arrives in theaters Friday, Quinto is navigating another, more personal moment in the spotlight, and telling more of his own story: Last weekend he revealed that he's gay.

Please, do read the rest @ LATimes...

...Not that I actually needed another reason to love and admire him, mind you! ;) I just think this needs to be spread, because it's awesome! ;)

On coming out, and Halloween!

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He did an interview with Star Trek magazine here.

And a quick blurb about his decision to come out in NY Mag, here:

"When I sat down with Ben on Monday and had that conversation, I knew what I was going to do and it was a very clear choice for me to do it in the way that I did it, and I'm really glad that that's the way it all unfolded," he told us yesterday at the event, which was hosted by The Wall Street Journal and Forevermark. Still, Quinto says he's surprised by the volume of the reaction. "I never ever imagined that it would be — I mean, I guess I figured people would figure it out, hear about it, but I didn't know it would be like global news! I was like, What? It was really crazy to me. People from all over the world were reaching out to me on the Internet, on Twitter. Social media makes it a lot easier now. I'm just really honored and thrilled and grateful."

And there's this article on Nextmovie.com where he says:

"I didn't tell anybody I was going to do it," Quinto told us exclusively. "I did it on my own terms, in my own time, in my own words, and that is absolutely the type of relationship I want to have to that information. I did it because I recognized the way that it helped people, I did it because it was my time to do it, and yeah, it was definitely a deliberate choice to do it in that way."

If you find anymore interviews, pics, anything, please post them!

                                                                                                 
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when i found out that jamey rodemeyer killed himself - i felt deeply troubled.  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.  i also made an it gets better video last year - in the wake of the senseless and tragic gay teen suicides that were sweeping the nation at the time.  but in light of jamey's death - it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it - is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.  our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay lesbian bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.  gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.  parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.  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.  i believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.  jamey rodemeyer's life changed mine.  and while his death only makes me wish that i had done this sooner - i am eternally grateful to him for being the catalyst for change within me.  now i can only hope to serve as the same catalyst for even one other person in this world.  that - i believe - is all that we can ask of ourselves and of each other.

zq.

source, his blog on his website.

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His interview with New York Magazine

Playing serial killer Sylar on Heroes and Spock in Star Trek, Zachary Quinto invested two potentially soulless roles with head-turning depth. This week sees the premiere of Margin Call, an independent thriller about the financial crisis that he stars in and co-produced. Benjamin Wallace talked to him about being mistaken for a villain, coming back to the city where he memorably starred in a revival of Angels in America, and the serendipitous timing of a fi-cri movie dropping at the same time as the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.

( Full text of the interview under the cut, includes his thoughts on Occupy Wall Street, Angels in America, Margin Call, all sorts of things; great interview )

From AfterElton.com:

It’s just been announced that AE favorite Zachary Quinto, best known for playing the villainous Sylar on NBC’s Heroes and Spock in JJ Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek reboot (the sequel to which Abrams promised us he’d consider adding a gay character to), has joined the cast of Ryan Murphy’s new FX series American Horror Story. The greatest part? He’ll be playing a gay character.

As reported by Deadline, Quinto will play Chad, the gay former owner of the haunted Victorian home that married couple Ben Harmon (Dylan McDermott) and his wife Vivien (Connie Britton) have just moved into with their teenage daughter Violet (Taissa Farmiga). His arc, which has him making friends with Vivien, will take place over at least four episodes of the first season, with his first appearance occurring in a special two-part Halloween episode.

The first part will air during the series’ regular Wednesday night timeslot on October 26th, followed by a second installment to air on Halloween night.

In other words: get those DVRs ready!

A preliminary lineup of participants for The 24 Hour Plays in Los Angeles, to be offered on June 18 at The Broad Stage has been announced. The program features six original short plays, which have been written, rehearsed and then, performed, all in just 24 hours.

Among the artists scheduled to take part in the event are Jennifer Aniston, Leslie Bibb, Saffron Burrows, Zachary Levi, Jack McBrayer, Eva Mendes, Kathy Najimy, Rosie Perez, Zachary Quinto, Nick Swardson, Raven Symone, and Nia Vardalos.

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 Zach supported Demi and Ashton´s campaign!