Zachary Quinto Quotes & Sayings

I don't immerse myself in the Internet chatter because it opens you up to a whole source of danger. — Zachary Quinto

I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are. — Zachary Quinto

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. — Zachary Quinto

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. — Zachary Quinto

I just try to let myself really focus on the work that's ahead of me and what my job is and how I bring something to life. — Zachary Quinto

I came up during the 'Star Wars' generation and that was sort of the thing I plugged into much more. It was a little before my time and I think it was sort of grappling with these intellectual ideas that were a little advanced for my young mind. At the time. But now I have a much deeper appreciation for it. — Zachary Quinto

Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way. — 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

I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important. — Zachary Quinto

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

We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. — Zachary Quinto

I love supporting emerging voices, and new writers and directors. I love engaging an audience in a way that doesn't have to involve me, personally, and yet still generates an experience for groups of people. — Zachary Quinto

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. — Zachary Quinto

My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family. — Zachary Quinto

Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country. — Zachary Quinto

Exercise is an important element of being an actor, on any level. — Zachary Quinto

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

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

Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying. — Zachary Quinto

There's a group that calls itself the Sarmy-or Sylar's Army- and it's dedicated to the support of my character, and they don't like it when he's disparaged. Their slogan is "Every villain needs a legion of evil supporters." But what's funny is they do great charity work. It's never bad to have an army. — Zachary Quinto

I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try. — Zachary Quinto

The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow. — Zachary Quinto

Part of being a psychopath is an ability to dissociate from one reality and create another one, completely. — Zachary Quinto

It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. — Zachary Quinto

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

Every time I get on an airplane I have a routine. I cover the inside of my nostrils with anti-bacterial ointment. I'm popping Zicam like it's candy. And I drink, literally, from L.A. to New York, six bottles of water. — Zachary Quinto

I found myself in a pattern of being attracted to people who were somehow unavailable, and what I realized was that I was protecting myself because I equate the idea of connection and love with trauma and death. — Zachary Quinto

I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor. — Zachary Quinto

I think there's a tremendous sense of complacency in the LGBT community. AIDS has lost the edge of horror it possessed when it swept through the world in the '80s. Today's generation sees it more as something to live with and something to be much less fearful of. And that comes with a sense of, dare I say, laziness. We need to be really vigilant and open about the fact that these drugs are not to be taken to increase our ability to have recreational sex. — Zachary Quinto

I'm incredibly happy, I'm incredibly lucky. — Zachary Quinto

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. — Zachary Quinto

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. — Zachary Quinto

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. — Zachary Quinto

I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75. — Zachary Quinto

I'm also really fulfilled by having a production company and producing movies, and learning about how that works and happens. It's a totally, entirely separate skill set and it's one that I happen to also enjoy. So, I intend to cultivate all of those things until I can't anymore. That's my goal. I love to be challenged and busy, and so far, so good. I'm just going to do whatever I can to continue to encourage that. — Zachary Quinto

I love playing characters that go to extreme places, and I love to explore different kinds of psychological landscapes, so it is ultimately a kind of fun, but it's also complicated and colored by the depth of the nastiness of it, at certain times, as well. — Zachary Quinto

We just have to have visibility. We have to have acknowledgement. We have to have accountability to how we treat one another. — Zachary Quinto