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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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'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 -...

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.