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

Quote by George Takei

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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...

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...

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'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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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 -...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...