Zachary Quinto

Photography by Michael Muller

"I needed it to happen," Zachary Quinto remembers of the coming sense of imperative he fled when coming out to his mother. "Otherwise, I couldn't move forward authentically. Ultimately, I think the only thing that really drives me in life, continually, is a pursuit of authenticity of experience--of myself."

Button-down shirt, suit, and tie by Jil Sander