George Takei
George Takei
George Hosato Takeiis an American actor, director, author, and activist. Takei is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the television series Star Trek. He also portrayed the character in six Star Trek feature films and in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 April 1937
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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So I've been a political activist all my life and I think in a large measure it's because of the internment that we experienced 50 years ago.
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All that was required for it to become law was the autograph of one actor.
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You know, it's not really coming out, ... It's more like a long, long walk through what began as a narrow corridor that starts to widen.
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We are going to make a stronger, better, truer democracy....We will boldly go where America has never gone before.
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I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.
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Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.
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We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.
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The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.
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But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
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As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
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Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
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To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
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STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.