American - Actor | April 20, 1937 -
Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season.
George Takei
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I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.
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Then that did very well at the box office, so before you knew it, we were in a string of feature motion pictures. Then they announced that they were going to do some spinoffs of us.
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Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here.
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I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood.
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This political climate today reminds me of what my father must have gone through in 1942, when the winds of war and fires of hate were surrounding him. We have a candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump, using the same rhetoric that my father must have heard from elected officials.
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It kills me to hear Donald Trump talking.
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When I heard Donald Trump make that sweeping hysterical statement that all Muslims have to be banned because they are terrorists, I was chilled by that.
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It has a Nazi echo, doesn't it? The Jews had to wear that Star of David, and Donald Trump is saying all Syrians have to carry an ID card and they can, without warrant, go into any Syrian's home or a mosque.
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When Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the same-sex marriage bill, my blood was boiling. I had been silent, but that night, Brad and I watched the news and saw all these young people pouring out on Santa Monica Boulevard venting their rage, and I said, 'I have to speak out.'
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I may not have trekked through the galaxies in reality. But I have trekked all over this planet: Australia, Asia, Latin America, Europe.
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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.
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