“You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time...” — George Takei Quote

“You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.”

“When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service and categorized as enemy non-alien.”

“I grew up in the age of radio. That was my main boyhood form of entertainment: lying on the living room floor with my ears affixed to the radio. I loved shows like 'The Phantom,' 'Cisco Kid,' and even 'Happy Theater' when I was younger.”

“I was the kid in basketball camps wanting to see the new gear that comes out or the gear that the camps give.”

“Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not help the creative process.”

“Whenever I get a call from the camps in Iraq that someone has been liberated, that so-and-so's daughter was liberated, I feel overwhelming joy again.”