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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. "

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" My father told me about American democracy. And he said you have to be actively engaged in the political process to make our democracy work. So I've been doing that my entire life. Civil rights movement. The peace movement during the Vietnam conflict. The movement to get an apology and redress for Japanese-Americans. "

" 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. "

" It was an egregious violation of the American Constitution. We were innocent American citizens, and we were imprisoned simply because we happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. It shows us just how fragile our Constitution is. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career. "

" 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. "

" Back in the day, coming out was something very personal. You began by acknowledging the truth, first to yourself, then to close family and friends. Those of us more in the public spotlight, though, also had to 'come out' to the press. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm especially concerned about the future of this country, because I'm concerned about the gay people of the future. We need to ensure their good life by registering to vote. "

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

Second Amendment

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" We are living in a science fiction world. "

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" 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. "

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

" Arguments that we will never stop all shootings by restricting access to such weapons fails to account for our strong and common desire at least to stop many of them - or any of them. "

" Those Tea Party people are crazy. I mean, they're lunatics. They close down the government, throw people out of their jobs - hundreds of thousands of people - and they say that they're doing it ultimately in the interest of creating jobs. "

" 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. "

" I'd like to think that, when I explain it, that Mr. Trump will understand marriage is defined by two people who love each other, commit to each other, and will care for each other through thick and thin. "

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

" It's important for all Americans to know how vulnerable our Constitution is. "

" I'm most comfortable with my computer. Yes, I have an iPhone, but I've reached that point now where to read e-mails on my phone, I need my reading glasses. I'm most comfortable with the big-screen computer. "