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Its a very confusing conversation, but Quinto is steady.
(This particular episode is about mind control.)
Are they still following you?
His heavy, famous brow is furrowed.
They are following me, says the man.
I saw them on my flight.
Nimoys version was about phenomena that seem a little quaint now: yetis, the Bermuda Triangle, aliens.
Its been a heady few months of production, but variety has always been whats really set Quinto apart.
The characters meet in an Upper East Side apartment to celebrate a birthday.
They are drunk, they are funny, they are mean.
The overwhelming sense is that they are hidden.
The damage that this double life causes is palpable, painful, sad.
Historically, the play has been really stigmatized, he says.
When it appeared in 1968, it was revolutionary.
No one had seen anything like it, he says.
We are not these men who have to sneak around and make up stories.
Quinto, in fact, had always thought of the play that way himself.
you could have commercial success and take the power of that and use it to feed yourself artistically.
Hes one of the most versatile actors out there, says J. J. Abrams.Hes limitlessly capable.
A July workshop convinced him thatBoyswould.
Weve all been able to build diverse and satisfying careers for ourselves.
The original cast of the play really struggled.
Even just having played gay men, they had limited opportunities as a result of being in the play.
Look, he says, cocking an eyebrow, I dont think I would have been James Bond anyway.
(He says it as a joke, but it doesnt seem the hugest stretch.)
There are people who feel that preserving that aspect of their identity will generate better opportunities, he says.
I wasnt capable of any kind of lie about my authentic self.
WhenThe Boys in the Bandfinishes its 15-week run, Quintos not sure whats next.
he asks later in the afternoon.
I mean, I feel like I have a lot more I want to ask.
