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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.