Actor Zachary Quinto says reaction to
his coming out gay has been “enormously supportive – universally,
unanimously supportive.”
Quinto, who is best known for playing a
young Spock in the 2009 J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek reboot,
came
out gay on Sunday in an interview with New
York Magazine. The 34-year-old Quinto later revealed that he
was inspired to come out by Jamey Rodemeyer, the 14-year-old
Buffalo-area student who committed suicide last month after being
bullied for coming out gay.
During a MTV
interview with his Margin Call co-stars Penn Badgley and
Stanley Tucci, Quinto said he was “really grateful” for the
support he's received.
“I feel like I made that declaration
so that I can be a part of this conversation moving forward,”
Quinto said. “I did it in my own time, on my own terms, in my own
words. That's exactly the way that I wanted to do it, and I'm really
proud of that. When the time is right to continue the conversation
forward, I certainly will do that. That's why I took those steps in
the first place.”
Margin Call arrives in theaters
on Friday.