"The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow"

Zachary Quinto's quote speaks to the challenge of playing the character Sylar in the program Heroes. Quinto's strengths as a star seemed to be at chances with the shape of the character he was playing. This might imply that Quinto's natural acting design was not fit to the character he was playing, or that the character was composed in a way that was hard for Quinto to represent. It might likewise indicate that Quinto needed to work hard to find the best balance in between his own acting design and the character he was playing. Quinto's quote talks to the problem of playing a character that is not always suited to the star's strengths, and the difficulty of discovering the best balance in between the actor's style and the character's shape. It is a testimony to Quinto's talent as an actor that he was able to discover the best balance and bring the character of Sylar to life.