I'm a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.

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

I myself am a Buddhist, not a Christian. But I cannot help but think that if Christ ran a public establishment, it would be open to all, and He would be the last to refuse service to anyone. It is, simply put, the most un-Christian of notions.

Well, you know, I do think in the larger span of things, I owe it all to Star Trek, because Star Trek has given me this pop icon status if you will, and one of the gifts have been this megaphone I have which amplifies my voice and I can reach people. And I do think the movement for equality for LGBT Americans is in the same context of all of the great American movements, you know, the basic fundamental ideals of this country of justice and equality.

Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.

You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.

I'm a preservationist, I believe in preserving history intact, but I also enjoy the technological advances which have been made.