I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King.

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Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in...

Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in...

To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.

To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.

As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the...

As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the...

I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.

I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating...

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating...

You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I...

You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I...

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.

Then that did very well at the box office, so before you knew it, we...

Then that did very well at the box office, so before you knew it, we...

I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that...

I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that...

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in...

But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in...

STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.

STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.

Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but...

Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but...

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most...

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most...

I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at...

I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at...

My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old -...

My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old -...

Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.

Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.

And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know...

And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know...

Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for...

Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for...