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

We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the struggle for equality for the gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. And I think it's important for Americans to know about the times that we failed.

The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.

It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.

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.

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

To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.