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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
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Zachary Quinto
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: June 2
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Pittsburg
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Zachary John Quinto
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We just have to have visibility. We have to have acknowledgement. We have to have accountability to how we treat one another.
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