Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Zachary Quinto Comes Out
#1Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 11:24am
Good for him!
http://nymag.com/movies/features/zachary-quinto-2011-10/
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#2Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 11:34amAnother glass closet shatters.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#2Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 11:56am
I really didn't think he was gay.
Good for him!
....but the world goes 'round
#4Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 12:17pmYawn.......
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#5Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 12:21pmGood for him!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#6Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 12:42pmMaybe he'll stop being so pretentious and aloof now.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#7Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 1:04pm
1. Good for Him.
2. Duh.
3. It's about time.
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
#8Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 3:52pm
Yea I was being sarcstic. But in a playful way.
Who's next on the The List?
Ryan (I'm "dating" Jules Hough) Seacrest?
Thomas Dekker?
Rick Perry?
....but the world goes 'round
#9Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 4:17pmRealistically, Lee Pace? Matt Bomer?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#10Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 4:31pm
Interesting factoid: Matt Bomer went to Carnegie Mellon with Zachary Quinto and went to the same high school as Lee Pace. Bomer is friends with both of them.
Bomer has gone to awards shows with his husband but has been pretty mum in terms of outright stating it.
#11Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 4:35pm
Bomer has gone to awards shows with his husband but has been pretty mum in terms of outright stating it.
Yup, the glass closet paradox. Most people know, you're not exactly hiding it, but you've never outright said it. It would be great for Pace and Bomer to follow Quinto's example and maybe touch some lives. And I'm sure it would be great for Bomer's kids if he acknowledged their co-parent.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#12Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 4:37pm
I honestly don't think Seacrest is gay. He may be the biggest metrosexual out there, but an acquaintance was at a party with him years ago and he was all over her. Unless it was all for show ...
I thought Bomer was out - and that he has kids with his partner/husband?
#13Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 4:41pmBomer is not out. He's acknowledged his children but not his partner. He's side-stepped the question in interviews.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#14Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 5:35pmDoes anyone here think Anderson Cooper will ever come out officially?
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#15Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 5:56pmHe'll eventually be photographed with his partner somewhere, and then have to.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#16Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 6:00pm
You mean like this one?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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#17Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 6:47pm
"It would be great for Pace and Bomer to follow Quinto's example and maybe touch some lives."
It would be great if they were welcomed into it, instead of facing some form of derision and scornful disdain - some of which you can see right here in this thread for Mr. Quinto.
I can't imagine why others don't leap at the opportunity.
#18Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 7:28pmI think a big factor of them not coming out is fear of losing their careers.
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#19Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 7:43pm
Cooper seems to be trying to Lily Tomlin-ize his way into the subject, i.e. wait til he's 55 and say "oh, but I assumed everyone knew for years; I never hid it." Technically, that's true. He doesn't beard himself for events. He does the "my private life is private" thing. For a guy who's done so much to help the "Its gets better" anti-bullying cause, he's failed to do the one thing that would mean more than wall-to-wall reporting: just say "take me, for example."
Isn't the shot photoshopped?
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
#20Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 7:51pm
I don't think the first shot is photoshopped. This one definitely isn't.
I was glad that Quinto spoke about making an "It Gets Better" video a year prior to coming out. He seems to have realized that it was a somewhat empty gesture if he wasn't out himself, as he notes in his blog: "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."
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#21Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 8:07pm
I'll be curious to see what happens with Sean Maher now that "Playboy Club" tanked. He was on an ascending curve - now what?
Obviously, since it's apparently no big thing or risk, I'm assuming all the gays in Hollywood will be falling all over themselves to give him work.
#22Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 8:17pmTo be fair, Sean ascending curve lasted about three weeks. If anything, it might help open some doors career-wise. In Zach's case, it'll definitely be interesting to see where his career goes - since he's much more in demand - after he finishes with Star Trek next year.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#23Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 9:25pmI don't know AC's reasoning, but why can't we take his "my private life is private" line at face value?
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#24Zachary Quinto Comes Out
Posted: 10/16/11 at 9:38pm
I'm sorry but I still don't understand why people here and just about everywhere for that matter insist that a famous person who is gay must publicly come out?
Coming out is a very personal decision and I can only imagine that many celebrities are very much out among friends/family, but don't necessarily feel the need to share their lives with the public. Just look at how Zach's "coming out" has been spun just on this thread - imagine how the homophobes react. There's nothing wrong with publicly coming out (in many cases I agree it benefits the gay community) but let's all try to be a bit more supportive of personal decisions and the gay community.
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