Zachary Quinto is finishing up his press tour for Hitman: Agent 47, and he spoke with Pridesource about his propensity to play bad guys, and how he's managed to avoid the typecasting some gay actors feel they've experienced. He says he doesn't take that into consideration when choosing a role:

"I played gay characters, but I was never part of a gay-themed story until I did I Am Michael last year with James Franco. That was a specific decision; I felt really drawn to the story (of an ex-gay) and the nature of the story. My whole take on the potential perceived limitations is just to not engage them and not allow them to exist - to me that is a choice. I know what I am capable of and I know what my range is, and I know that's not limited by or even affected by my sexual orientation."

"So, for me, it was just a matter of doing what I do and opening myself up to the roles that present themselves, whether they're gay or straight, with a kind of creative integrity. That's all I really feel is in my control and that's the place I work from in terms of both pursuing work and engaging work."

In this post marriage-equality time, does typecasting for gay actors even still exist?

"I don't know. I mean, I don't think it has anything to do with marriage equality - that victory has been won and has been a really profound advancement to the LGBT community. I think our real fights for equality aren't legal; it's about humanity and compassion and inclusion.

"Even in the wake of marriage equality you're seeing all these county clerks who are refusing to issue marriage licenses, which is despicable and illegal. Just a few blocks from my house, these two guys - the first gay couple to be married out of West Point - were harassed in the bodega (in SoHo). It's not behind us."

"The movement toward equality is bigger than just one legal issue, and that's amazing that the highest law of the land has supported our struggle for civil rights, but civil rights is only one aspect of being a minority of any kind. It's much more about human connection and respect in the long run and in a very broader sense, and I think that's the fight that continues. "

He's asked why there are no major LGBT actors besides himself getting top billing in major Hollywood action films. Why can't we have a gay James Bond?

"I definitely think that we can. Matt Bomer is one of my favorite friends. I've known him for 15 years - longer. I know Andrew (Rannells). These are friends of mine. The fact that so many of my friends who are openly gay have flourishing, thriving careers is really exciting. That in and of itself is progress if you consider that 15 years ago, when I started acting professionally out of college, you couldn't even count on both of your hands the number of openly gay actors in any form, television or film. It was a totally different issue 15 years ago, and that's not a very long amount of time to have made such progress."

"So, I do not disagree with you; I do feel like I occupy - not in any self-aggrandizing way - a space where I have looked to my peers and looked around me and said, "Well, who else can I look to?" And there isn't anybody else. That to me is significant and personally gratifying as I consider my own journey to self-acceptance, but again, I just think, "Don't let it slow me down." And I don't. I don't create an issue where there isn't one, and I think the more that we're all able to do that then the more diversity will present itself."

Hitman: Agent 47 is out now in theaters