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.

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.

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.

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

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.’

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

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.