Takei Quotes

Social media affords me an opportunity to interact with fans on a daily basis, not just for a few seconds apiece at a science-fiction convention. — George Takei

They claim they did all this because they love me, but I must say, I've never been loved in such a bizarre fashion. — George Takei

Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes. — George Takei

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

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

There's no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears. — George Takei

I have a sister who is technophobic; she doesn't even use a computer. — George Takei

Cultural icons stand the test of time because they speak to our deeper convictions and ignite our dreams. — George Takei

I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career. — George Takei

The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart. — George Takei

I love being an actor. — George Takei

It's difficult working with someone who is not a team player. — George Takei

Would-be terrorists cannot so much as board a plane without a thorough screening, yet we give them nearly unfettered access to very dangerous weapons. — George Takei

All happiness is built upon small efforts. — Hiroyuki Takei

A man who layeth with another man must be stoned. — George Takei

In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well. — George Takei

I may not have trekked through the galaxies in reality. But I have trekked all over this planet: Australia, Asia, Latin America, Europe. — George Takei

It's important for all Americans to know how vulnerable our Constitution is. — George Takei

I discovered that funny animal pictures - memes - would get a lot of likes and shares. — George Takei

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

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

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. — George Takei

STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive. — George Takei

It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man. — George Takei

I originally thought I'd be an ordinary business man, but I really like art, so that's how I became a manga artist. — Hiroyuki Takei

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

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

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

I think my whole life has been shaped by my childhood incarceration in America's concentration camps. — George Takei

Turkey Bacon. It's like saying "shoot" instead of "shit." It just doesn't quite carry the moment. — George Takei

We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity. — George Takei

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

I'm proud of my relationship with 'Star Trek'! 'Star Trek' is a show that I am philosophically compatible with. — George Takei

Gene Roddenbury felt that television was being wasted. That it had the potential for enlightenment and even inspiration. — George Takei

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

The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance. — George Takei

Following the Orlando attack, ISIS claimed the attacker as one of its own and called for even more such killings worldwide. — George Takei

We need to get some rationality on the Second Amendment. This is crazy what we allow ourselves. — George Takei

If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no true morals or faith to prove. — George Takei

I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. — George Takei

Superior strength is a sword that manifests one's will. — Hiroyuki Takei

The Russians are taunting the IOC with the homophobic laws that they pass. — George Takei

The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people. — George Takei

As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen. — George Takei

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats. — George Takei

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. — George Takei

I'm George Takei, and I'm straight ... up asking you to vote. — George Takei

When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterprise. — George Takei

When billionaires can give $50 million, $500 million to a campaign, and there's no limit, then it makes a mockery of 'one man, one vote.' — George Takei

Cats, on the other hand, are similar to Vulcans - dispassionate, contemplative and pointy-eared. — George Takei

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

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. — George Takei

People want to start their day off with a smile or, better yet, a guffaw. — George Takei

I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality, and that, too, will serve as an example for other Asian nations. — George Takei

The wonderful thing about acting is they're always going to need old codgers! — George Takei

I'm particularly impressed by the creation of the character of Spock, which really was Leonard Nimoy's singular creation. He used everything he had. — George Takei

We can't let the past be forgotten. — George Takei

Young people today, for example, often watch live television (if they watch it live at all) with both the TV and their laptops or tablet devices on. — George Takei

It kills me to hear Donald Trump talking. — George Takei

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

Dramatic shows are the ones that I am attracted to. — George Takei

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

I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood. — George Takei

You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing. — George Takei

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor! — George Takei

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

I think being optimistic is ensuring your success. If you start out saying 'I've got this problem,' or 'I'm angry at that,' you will not succeed. — George Takei

We are living in a science fiction world. — George Takei

You shouldn't rely on others to help you determine what's good and what's bad. In no time at all, you'll simply be under someone else's control. — Hiroyuki Takei

They're the best critics. Workshops are good, and drama teachers are fine, but the best is the audience. And even better if they're paying! — George Takei

It's really hard to hate someone for being different when you're too busy laughing together. — George Takei

Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity. — George Takei

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

I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters. — George Takei

Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here. — George Takei

I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America. — George Takei

If you don't know who Eleanor Rigby is, you probably were born after 1985 and need to listen to some real music. — George Takei

More importantly, the tweet was funny. Come on, it's funny. — George Takei

People are interested not just in Sulu, but George Takei - and he's gay. Life is full of twist and turns. — George Takei

Our democracy is a people's democracy, and it can be as great as people can be, but it is also as fallible as people are. — George Takei

Happily, the days when overt racial discrimination and segregation were championed by social conservatives are long past. — George Takei

As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places. — George Takei

Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert. — George Takei

Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy ... Vote! — George Takei

Your Egnlish is so atrocious I don't feel the need to even respond' seems but a long-winded way of saying, 'Home-schooled dumbass. — George Takei

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

There is more story in a minor character like Boba Fett than there is in all the clutter of various vampires in the Twilight franchise. — George Takei

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

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

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