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

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 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.

I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater.

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

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

Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.