My father told me, "Don't do anything that would bring shame to the family." I was always mindful of that. When I told him I wanted to pursue a career as an actor, my father said, "Look at what you see on television at the movies, is that what you want to be doing? Do you want to make a life out of that?" And I said, "Daddy, I'm going to change it".

By seeing a same-sex couple in ordinary situations, that it might make people think twice about if they have, you know, questions about acceptance of LGBT equality, it's one way to just say that, you know, 'We're members of your family and gay people are like anybody else.'

Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.

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

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

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

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