George Takei Quotes

United States, Actor
April 20, 1937

George Hosato Takei is an American actor, author, and activist. He is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the television series Star Trek. He also portrayed the character in six Star Trek feature films and one episode of Star Trek: Voyager.

The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people.

George Takei
- History
- Equality
- More
I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood.

George Takei
- Career
- Acting
- Livelihood

In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well.

George Takei
- Life
- Decision
- Come Out
I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.

George Takei
- Career
- Active
- Civic
The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart.

George Takei
- Issue
- Connect
- Humanize
The central pillar of our justice system is due process. You have got to be charged with a crime. Then you can challenge those charges in a court of law with a trial.

George Takei
- Law
- Justice
- Crime
I've been an activist since my late teens. I take this very seriously and try to use the gift that's been given to me - access to the media - as positively as I can.

George Takei
- Media
- Access
- Activist
Arguments that we will never stop all shootings by restricting access to such weapons fails to account for our strong and common desire at least to stop many of them - or any of them.

George Takei
- Weapons
- Access
- Arguments

I love people. When you're engaged with society and trying to make it a better society, you're an optimist.

George Takei
- Trying
- Society
- Optimist
I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people.

George Takei
- Life
- Share
- Camps