George Takei Quotes

• The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to find that emotional pitch. And when you do something in drama and you hear that sob from the audience it's so fulfilling. But as a comic actor, when the laugh is supposed to come and you punch in that line and nothing happens it is dreadful. It's horrific and you feel like dying right there.

  George Takei

  Real   Drama   Emotional  

  "IGN Interview: George Takei". Interview with Travis Fickett, www.ign.com. May 1, 2007.

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• This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.

  George Takei

  People   Democracy   Manipulation  

  "CJAD" with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. November 21, 1994.

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• The theatre for me is much more satisfying as an actor because you are working in front of a living, breathing, throbbing, gasping, laughing and hopefully applauding audience. And the immediate connection you get with that audience is very satisfying.

  George Takei

  Breathing   Laughing   Theatre  

  Source: www.scifiheaven.net

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• I was involved in the civil rights movement way back in the late '50s and through the '60s and '70s. I was doing a civil rights musical here in Los Angeles and we sang at one of the rallies where Dr. Martin Luther King spoke, and I remember the thrill I felt when we were introduced to him. To have him shake your hand was an absolutely unforgettable experience. Even before I could vote, I was involved in the political arena.

  George Takei

  Political   Musical   Civil Rights  

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Facebook itself has an interest in having great content so that its users keep coming back.

  George Takei

  Coming Back   Interest   Users  

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• We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.

  George Takei

  Trying   May   Administration  

  Source: www.signature-reads.com

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• Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.

  George Takei

  Hero   Surface   Seems  

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• As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.

  George Takei

  Stars   Second Chance   Fans  

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

  George Takei

  Block   Needs   Theater  

  "The East West Enterprise". Interview with Kristin Friedrich, www.ladowntownnews.com. October 24, 2005.

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• Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.

  George Takei

  War   Government   Tragedy  

  Source: www.signature-reads.com

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• We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.

  George Takei

  Liberty   Assault   Freedom And Liberty  

  Source: www.signature-reads.com

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• The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.

  George Takei

  Ignorance   Pride   Humans  

  FaceBook post by George Takei from May 26, 2013

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• As an Asian American, I'm aware of how stereotypes can be very destructive. We've been defined by the drag queens. And yes, they exist. But we've been defined as irresponsible, flamboyant, loud, and garish. I think what we need to do - and what we haven't done as aggressively as we should have - is to depict the vast diversity of the GLBT community.

  George Takei

  Queens   Thinking   Should Have  

  Source: progressive.org

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• We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the struggle for equality for the gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. And I think it's important for Americans to know about the times that we failed.

  George Takei

  Struggle   Gay   Thinking  

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was the one that explained American democracy to me. He said, ‘Our democracy is a people’s democracy and it can be as great as people can be, and it can be great… but we are also fallible human beings.’

  George Takei

  People   Democracy  

  Interview with Tina Firesheets, www.greensboro.com. March 18, 2016.

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• Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.

  George Takei

  Roaring   Done   Approval  

  George Takei (2015). “To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei”, p.238, Simon and Schuster

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

  George Takei

  Memories   Eight   Years  

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Confidence in the human capacity for problem solving, for invention, for innovation.

  George Takei

  Innovation   Problem   Invention  

  Source: progressive.org

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• Unfriending me when I didn’t even know we were friends? It’s like breaking wind when you’re home alone. If I can’t smell you, knock yourself out.

  George Takei

  Home   Wind   Smell  

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• I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year.

  George Takei

  Years   Three   Four  

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am emboldened, not cowed, by the words and actions of Trump and his circle. I believe many others are as well. Together we will stand in opposition. I'm not going anywhere, and I won't be silenced.

  George Takei

  Believe   Circles   Together  

  Source: www.signature-reads.com

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• But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.

  George Takei

  Firsts   Camps   Shameful  

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.

  George Takei

  Profound   Imagination   Connections  

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• 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.

  George Takei

  Passion   Two   Citizens  

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. We should not characterize people of faith as the adversaries of GLBT equality.

  George Takei

  People   Majority   Should  

  Source: progressive.org

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• Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.

  George Takei

  Movie   Play   Three  

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• What's needed today, now, more than ever, is 'Star Peace' for there is an ominous, mutual threat to all science fiction. It's called 'Twilight'. And it is really, really bad.

  George Takei

  Stars   Twilight   Fiction  

  "George Takei Brokers Star Peace And Calls On Star Trek And Star Wars Fans To Unite Against Twilight" by Kenji Lloyd, www.heyuguys.com. December 13, 2011.

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• The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.

  George Takei

  Diversity   Vision   Earth  

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• The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay. The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young.

  George Takei

  Gay   Issues   Political  

  Star Trek's 'Sulu' Comes Out of Closet, www.foxnews.com. October 28, 2005.

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

  George Takei

  Two   Grew Up   Young  

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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