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

Quote by George Takei

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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, 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.

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'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...

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'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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...