Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.

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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...

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, 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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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'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!

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...

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

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

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.