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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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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That's right. These are the suitcases that immigrants brought with them, ... Star Trek.
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So the history of Star Trek is one directed, guided and determined by the Star Trek fans, and here they are again, asserting themselves.
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Well, you know, I do think in the larger span of things, I owe it all to Star Trek, because Star Trek has given me this pop icon status if you will, and one of the gifts have been this megaphone I have which amplifies my voice and I can reach people. And I do think the movement for equality for LGBT Americans is in the same context of all of the great American movements, you know, the basic fundamental ideals of this country of justice and equality.
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Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.
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As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.
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What's needed today, now, more than ever, is 'Star Peace' for there is an ominous, mutual threat to all science fiction. It's called 'Twilight'. And it is really, really bad,
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STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.
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I know that STAR TREK fans might come, but I hope with that first speech, I'll be able to persuade them to forget George Takei and see Martin Dysart.
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I didn't want to talk about being in an internment camp, ... They would ask me, where was I? I would say I was far away...But I never went into details.
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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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I'm also serving as a commissioner on the Japan-U.S. Commission, appointed by President Clinton, which will be taking me to Tokyo in June.
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We were taken to Arkansas in trains like this.
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They are the real ones. We were the future fiction version and they're the ones that are making whatever we did credible. It's their heroism, their commitment, their discipline and their victory that's going to make the Starship Enterprise that much more credible.