Even the former Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder has come out to say that he believed that [Edward] Snowden performed a public service, and I couldn't agree more. Zachary Quinto More Quotes by Zachary Quinto More Quotes From Zachary Quinto Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying. Zachary Quinto bullyinggaykids I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try. Zachary Quinto fearlesstryingthinking Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. Zachary Quinto parentacceptancechildren It didn't really change my opinion about [Edward] Snowden all that much, but I definitely feel like as a culture, it gave us information that generated a responsibility to protect ourselves as much as we can and also a responsibility to hold our government accountable to honoring our constitutional rights. Zachary Quinto governmentresponsibilityrights 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 bisexualgaycountry It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Zachary Quinto compassionactionintegrity Part of being a psychopath is an ability to dissociate from one reality and create another one, completely. Zachary Quinto psychopathabilityreality [Edward Snoden] has said many times that he's willing to come back and face trial if he can be guaranteed a fair trial, but the likelihood of that is so slim. Zachary Quinto slimtrialsfaces 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 governmentcultureworld If it was a biopic about Glenn Greenwald, I would have immersed myself more fully in his personal life and gotten to know him as much as I could, but because it was much more about his relationship to this particular situation, to The Guardian, to Laura Poitras, and to Ewen MacAskill, and Edward Snowden, I was able to really learn a lot about him from reading his book and reading his many articles and accounts of that time. Zachary Quinto ablereadingbook In light of Jamey [Rodemeyer]'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. Zachary Quinto gaylightlying What we do with the information now is up to us, but certainly I have a lot of respect for the courage and integrity that was required for [Edard Snowden] to take that action. Zachary Quinto informationactionintegrity 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 gaymenculture 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 breathingspacethinking My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family. Zachary Quinto family-and-friendsmy-friendsdesire The situation they [journalists and Edward Snowden] were in was incredibly heightened. The stakes were high. There was a lot of pressure, a lot of tension, a lot of sense of claustrophobic, clandestine energy that I think was exhilarating for us to explore and recreate. We were fortunate to shoot a fair amount of our stuff at the actual hotel where it all happened in Hong Kong. That added another element of very similitude to the situation, so I feel like it was exciting. Zachary Quinto pressurestuffthinking 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 takensexthinking 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 starsjourneyhero 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 and-lovepeopleideas [Edward Snowden and his team] they're great characters. They're fascinating people. They were in an extraordinary situation. Zachary Quinto teamcharacterpeople
