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Oct 2022
1h 20m

Zachary Quinto

RUSSELL TOVEY AND ROBERT DIAMENT
About this episode

We meet the one and only ZACHARY QUINTO!!!! Leading actor, film producer and art collector, best known for his roles Sylar in Heroes, Spock in Star Trek, Margin Call, Angels in America and numerous seasons of American Horror Story, for which he received an Emmy award nomination.


We discuss living with art, making his own watercolours, growing up in Pittsburgh, coming out publicly as gay in 2011, meeting Cindy Sherman, his close friendship with Leonard Nimoy, the original Spock and also an accomplished artist/art collector, plus what it was like filming the latest series of AHS with none other than our very own Russell T!


We learn about Zachary's favourite contemporary artists including the photography of Pablo Zuleta Zahr, Wolfgang Tillmans and Paul Mpagi Sepuya, the paintings and sculptures of Izumi Kato, Nash Glynn, Katharine Kuharic, Ross Bleckner, Wyatt Kahn, Elizabeth Jaeger, the collages of both Jens Fänge and Matt Lipps, needlepoint of Loji Höskuldsson, the carved wood panels of Zach Harris, and numerous inspiring visits to galleries and art fairs around the world including Vielmetter, Hauser & Wirth, Perrotin and Marc Selwyn Fine Art.


We also explore the power of acting on stage and the 'devotional space' of theatre. Zachary will soon take to the stage in London's West End this November alongside David Harewood, in 'Best of Enemies'.

Learn more and buy tickets for the 'Best of Enemies' play: https://bestofenemiesplay.com/


Follow @AHSfx on Instagram for details of the all-new Season 11 'American Horror Story: NYC', starring both Russell Tovey and Zachary Quinto. Learn more at FX in the USA: https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/american-horror-story. Or Disney+ in the UK: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/series/american-horror-story/


Thank you QUINNY, we love you!!!!


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