Work in Progress: Zachary Quinto
Drama Queens
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 23.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Zachary Quinto has thrilled audiences with his performances on stage, film, and TV, starring in huge hits like Heroes and American Horror Story and playing the iconic character Spock in the Star Trek reboot. The brilliant actor is now tackling a new role in NBC's medical drama "Brilliant Minds."
In a candid chat, pals Zachary and Sophia get very vulnerable about the election's outcome and how they plan to move forward. Zachary also talks about his journey through sobriety, shares the impact meditation has had on him, the biggest shift in his life that set him on the path to acting, and how booking Heroes and Star Trek at age thirty affected him.
Plus, Zachary reveals why he initially was not interested in playing the leading man in NBC's new medical drama, "Brilliant Minds," and what changed his mind.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Sophia. |
| 0:02.3 | Welcome to Work in Progress. |
| 0:13.9 | Welcome back to Work in Progress, friends. |
| 0:16.5 | I cannot think of a better guest to have on the podcast this week for some introspection |
| 0:23.4 | and some hope and some really good heart talk about compassion, not to mention all of the |
| 0:31.8 | artistry. This week's guest is none other than Zachary Quinto. You likely know Zach for his roles as Siler, the primary |
| 0:40.5 | antagonist from the sci-fi drama series Heroes or Spock in the film Star Trek and its sequels. |
| 0:48.3 | Perhaps from playing the ever-so-scary Dr. Oliver Threadson and American Horror Story Asylum, which he was nominated for an |
| 0:56.1 | ME4. He is currently starring in and producing NBC's Brilliant Minds. It is an incredible medical drama |
| 1:06.1 | that honors the life of real Dr. Oliver Sacks, who explored neurology and consciousness and made |
| 1:13.0 | incredible progress in our understanding of the human mind. Zach also has one of the most |
| 1:18.8 | incredible theater careers everywhere from New York, Broadway, the West End, all over. He is an |
| 1:24.9 | absolutely incredible stage actor, and he's a really phenomenal advocate and |
| 1:30.8 | activist for the queer community. Being out since 2011, Zach has been an incredible organizer, |
| 1:37.7 | and we are so lucky to have him here today. Let's jump in. |
| 1:52.0 | Thank you. today. Let's jump in. Hi. |
| 1:53.2 | Hi, handsome. How are you? |
| 1:56.1 | I'm good. How are you? |
| 1:57.4 | Silly question, I know. |
| 2:00.6 | I literally, this morning, have just been, I mean, I've been catatonic for a week, but I was like, thank God it's Zach. |
| 2:06.4 | I was wearing my hair as well's hat today when I went out to a meeting. I was like, you know what? |
| 2:13.2 | I'm realizing this profound shift in practical ways now, in ways where our position now |
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