“I think my whole life has been shaped by my childhood incarceration in...” — George Takei Quote

“I think my whole life has been shaped by my childhood incarceration in America's concentration camps.”

“I'm proud of my relationship with 'Star Trek'! 'Star Trek' is a show that I am philosophically compatible with.”

“It will be written on my tombstone in very large letters, 'Here lies Hikaru Sulu,' and in very tiny letters, 'aka George Takei.' I don't protest the inevitable.”

“We did not had enough facilities in the village. My family was also not well off. There was no mat, no gym; we used to wrestle in the mud. It was very different from the national camps where I trained before the Commonwealth Games.”

“I always wanted to do NBA Cares but they didn't want me to represent the league. I just did Matt Cares instead. I went to Africa by myself to do camps and clinics.”

“My concern is: How on earth is anything more urgent than the lives of people in North Korean concentration camps?”