The traditional reason for young actors not to come out, particularly in the US, is the fear that jobs will suddenly dry up, but while doing the publicity rounds for Star Trek Into Darkness, Zachary Quinto says that certainly hasn’t happened to him.
Talking to Jonathan Ross on his UK chat show, Quinto said, “I haven’t stopped working, I’ve only worked more since I came out.”
Quinto also talked about his decision to come out after a spate of LGBT teen suicides in the US. “I just felt,” he says, “Like it was a convergence for me where I was in a position, and am in a position, for young people to look at the experience that I’ve had, to look at the opportunities that have been presented to me and to recognise in themselves that there is no limitation and that we live in a time where the tide is changing. For me I felt like it was the right time and the right way.”
As for whether others in the business have a problem with his sexuality, he says, “If people don’t want to work with me because of my sexual orientation, then I have no interest in working with them to begin with. It doesn’t really put me in a position where I feel like I’m limited.”
Hopefully he’ll have continued success and show other actors that being gay isn’t an impediment to having a successful career. (Quotes via PinkNews)
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