Zachary Quinto, best known for playing 'Spock' in J.J. Abrams' reboot of Star Trek, is out and proud. RELATED NEWS
Zachary Quinto is used to dissolving into different characters as an actor, but his most recent role seems to have encouraged him to get in touch with himself.
The actor opened up about his sexual orientation for the first time in a new interview with New York Magazine, confirming he is "a gay man" while discussing his role as a gay character in the off-Broadway production of "Angels in America."
Calling the play a "challenging" and "rewarding" experience, Quinto also spoke openly about his own life and how the issues in the play affected him.
"As a gay man, it made me feel like there's still so much work to be done, and there's still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed," he said.
The actor, most well known for playing Spock in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, has played a number of gay characters in the past but has always declined to comment on his sexual orientation.
As recently as last year he refused to confirm rampant fan speculation in an interview with the New York Times when asked if he was gay.
Though Quinto has been mum about himself for years, he has spoken out against bullying, even making a video for the "It Gets Better" campaign to give support to gay and lesbian teens who have been taunted by their peers.
Touching on the issue of bullying in the interview with "New York" Quinto again refers to himself as "a gay man" and expressed "hopelessness" that peer pressure has caused some gay students to commit suicide.
"Why can't we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?" he said of how homosexuality is treated with different levels of acceptance. "We're terrified of facing ourselves."
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