It's a very complicated landscape and I don't think there's one easy answer about it [Edard Snowden movie]. Zachary Quinto More Quotes by Zachary Quinto More Quotes From Zachary Quinto There's nothing so freeing as going to rehearsal and having that experience. Zachary Quinto rehearsal I think somewhere in the '90s, it started to shift, and you started to see a lot of film and television actors doing theater, and producers using the notoriety of the film and television actors to sell tickets. Zachary Quinto film-and-television tickets thinking We did monologues and scenes, and New York I did a scene from Amadeus and a monologue from Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead by Eric Bogosian, and then in L.A. I switched the scene to This is Our Youth and did the same monologue. I was spiky-haired, super skinny. A lot of people were like, "You should come here and do a sitcom." That was the feedback that I got. Obviously it was quite a different journey than the one I've actually had, but I just listened to people. Zachary Quinto journey new-york people 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 film-and-television taken school Honestly, people told me to. It was weird, I graduated from school, I never thought I'd live in L.A. and I always wanted to be to New York. I assumed that would be my trajectory - that romantic ideal of moving there and doing plays Off-Broadway and being scrappy about it. Then we did a showcase in New York and a showcase in L.A., and for whatever reason the response that I generated in L.A. was significantly more enthusiastic. Zachary Quinto new-york school moving Who's to say what would have happened if I had trusted my instincts and moved to New York like I thought I would. Zachary Quinto moved instinct new-york It certainly woke me up to how vulnerable we all are. I think I was much more cavalier about it before I started working on the movie [Edward Snowden], and then the more I read the documents themselves and saw just how sweeping and indiscriminate the intrusions into our privacy have been, it made me more aware. Zachary Quinto privacy saws thinking I remember our conversations [with Zachary Quinto] always being frustrated that we weren't doing what we wanted to do, but also filled with the determination that we were going to overcome that. Zachary Quinto frustrated determination overcoming The play I did on Broadway a couple of seasons ago started out of town and it moved its way into New York because of the experience that we had out of town. Zachary Quinto couple new-york play My first job was a show called The Others. I had, like, three lines. Julianne Nicholson was in it, and Gabriel [Macht]. I remember Gabriel wasn't there the day I was, but he sent a note, because he went to Carnegie Mellon as well, so we knew each other a little bit through that, and he was so sweet and generous. It was meant to be a recurring role that would evolve on the show, but the show only lasted a little while and I ended up only doing that one episode. Zachary Quinto gabriel sweet jobs My return to the theater in New York was so specific. I didn't want it to be about leveraging my exposure or my fame, so the first show I did in New York was an ensemble piece at an Off-Broadway theater, and I wanted to make sure that it was just about the play and about the experience. Zachary Quinto new-york want play 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 skills goal busy My passion is acting, and has always been. It's what brought me to this point of being able to diversify and do other things, and I hope it's something I'll continue to have a passion for. Zachary Quinto passion able acting I feel like we are in a state of anticipation, all of us are really excited about the idea of working with Quentin on a ‘Trek’ film, but I know Simon Pegg and Doug Jung… are writing a script and there are another set of writers writing a script. So I don’t know. I don’t know what’s going to happen. Zachary Quinto latest-headlines This movie has definitely a retro vibe to it, it's pretty remarkable for something like this to last for half a century and we're all really proud to be a part of it at this significant, celebratory milestone. Zachary Quinto entertainment 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 change power integrity life
