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Zachary Quinto, the man behind the super-villain that is ’Sylar’, has given an interview with tvguide.com, where he talks about (star)Trek, life and of course, Heroes:

TV Guide: A year ago, you were just another jobless Hollywood actor. Now you’re starring on the white-hot hit Heroes and playing young Spock in the next Star Trek movie. Are you sure you’re not dreaming all this?
Zachary Quinto: It’s all very dreamlike, though Trek is feeling less so as it draws nearer. We’re getting ready to shoot in a month, and I just had my first fitting for my Vulcan ears. It felt incredible, and in that moment there was a huge shift for me. Suddenly it was real, and I was like, “OK! Let’s get this thing going!”

TV Guide: In a wild twist on Heroes, your serial-killer character, Sylar, has lost his powers. Will this help humanize the monster?
Quinto:Not really. Sylar’s plans for ultimate power have been derailed, but that doesn’t give us a chance to know him better. If anything, he’s the same guy but even more driven and obsessed and in a place of absolute hunger: “I want my power back! No time to waste!” During this struggle, he’ll align himself with the twins, Maya [Dania Ramirez] and Alejandro [Shalim Ortiz], and they’ll go on a journey to New York to find Mohinder [Sendhil Ramamurthy].

TV Guide: Do some fans root for you to slay as many heroes as possible?
Quinto:Oh, yeah! There’s a group that calls itself the Sarmy — or Sylar’s Army — that’s dedicated to the support of my character, and they don’t like it when he’s disparaged. Their slogan is “Every villain needs a legion of evil supporters.” But what’s funny is they do great charity work. It’s never bad to have an army.

TV Guide: Is it true you were ready to drop out of showbiz when Heroes came along?
Quinto: I was in the depths of despair to the point where I couldn’t get out of bed. I was about to turn 30, which is a notoriously tumultuous time for people, and I was dealing with career obstacles that were profound — a real existential crisis. I was asking myself, “What’s the point of all this? Why am I even in the game anymore?”

Read the rest of the inteview here.

Check out our brothers and sisters over at the ‘Sarmy’.