George Takei Quotes

American - Actor Born: April 20, 1937

We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and factually incorrect.

Government, American, Internment, Here

On a bus, your eyes, ears, and pores are open absorbing in the variety, the wonder, and the magic of the city. It's a wonderful way to get to know the city.

Eyes, City, Magic, Know, Way, Wonder

I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people.

Life, My Life, People, American, More

I remembered some people who lived across the street from our home as we were being taken away. When I was a teenager, I had many after-dinner conversations with my father about our internment. He told me that after we were taken away, they came to our house and took everything. We were literally stripped clean.

Father, Home, Me, People, Street, House

One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.

Work, Colleagues, Friends, Professional

I intend to live life, not just exist. - George Takei

I intend to live life, not just exist.

Life, Live Life, Live, Just, Exist

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.

Remember, Landscape, Guns, Yes, Normal

I was four years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan, and overnight, the world was plunged into a world war. America suddenly was swept up by hysteria.

War, World, America, Up, Years, Old

'Star Trek' fans totally accepted my sexual orientation. There are a great number of LGBT people across 'Star Trek' fandom. The show always appealed to people that were different - the geeks and the nerds, and the people who felt they were not quite a part of society, sometimes because they may have been gay or lesbian.

Great, People, Society, Gay, Sometimes

When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service and categorized as enemy non-alien.

Face, Patriotism, Service, Fight, Enemy

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My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift. Her favorite hobby was collecting birthdays.

Success, Morning, Day, Gift, New Day

When I was a teenager, the biggest heartthrob was Tab Hunter. He was in every movie out of Warner Bros. until he was exposed as gay, and his career faded. That was an object lesson. I knew I must protect my sexual orientation.

Gay, Career, Lesson, Out, Protect, He

My memories of camp - I was four years old to eight years old - they're fond memories.

Memories, Years, Old, Four, Eight, Fond

I love people. When you're engaged with society and trying to make it a better society, you're an optimist.

Love, People, You, Society, Better, Make

What is important is the reliability of my posts being there to greet my fans with a smile or a giggle every morning. That's how we keep on growing.

Smile, Morning, Important, Fans, Growing

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

Time, You, Know, Young, American, Two

It has long been a dream of mine that this important story one day would be told on the great American stage of Broadway. In fact, I've dedicated much of the latter half of my life to ensuring the story of the internment is known.

Life, Day, Great, My Life, Long, Story

As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.

Equality, Justice, Social Justice, More

'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms.

Strength, Diversity, Acceptance, Star

I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater. And I've been able to wed the two passions.

Life, Passion, My Life, Awareness, Two

You know what the lowest rated episode we ever had was? Where Captain Kirk kissed Uhuru - a white man kissing an African-American woman. All the stations in the American South - in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana - refused to air it. And so our ratings plummeted.

Woman, Man, You, White, Know, American

To characterize all Muslims as terrorists is fear-mongering of the worst kind.

Muslims, Worst, Kind, Terrorists

I think Donald Trump's interpretation of marriage is something that he himself doesn't really believe in. 'Traditional marriage' is where two people love each other, commit to each other, care for each other over the years. It is a meaningful ceremony, and his interpretation of that is not recognizing what real marriage is.

Love, Marriage, Believe, People, Think

At the core of 'Star Trek' is Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future. So much of science-fiction is about a dystopian society with human civilization having crumbled. He had an affirmative, shining, positive view of the future.

Positive, Future, Vision, Society, View

In Indiana, gays and lesbians can be fired from their jobs with impunity, and in Arkansas, it's the same thing. We need those protective laws to truly have an equal society.

Society, Need, Equal, Same, Fired, Laws

I do find things funny. When you see life through the eyes of someone with a good sense of humor, which my grandmother did, life is a human comedy.

Life, Funny, Good, Eyes, Humor, You

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