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George Takei
5 quotes
“I've been working with Bill Shatner yea these 40-plus years. He never seems to get it right. I gave him, "It's Takei, as in way." I even said, "as in gay"… I told him, "It's Takei, rhymes with toupee." I thought that would do it.”
George Takei (born 1937) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Doug Elfman, "Takei celebrates legacy of diversity," Las Vegas Review-Journal (August 12, 2008)
“A bill recently approved by a Tennessee Senate committee would prohibit teachers in that state from discussing homosexuality in the classroom. The so-called "Don't Say Gay" law is premised on the misguided belief that by not talking about gay people, they can simply make us disappear. I'm here to tell Tennessee and all LGBT youth and teachers who would be affected by this law that I am here for you. In fact, I am lending my name to the cause. Anytime you need to say the word "gay", you can simply say "Takei". For example, you could safely proclaim you are a supporter of Takei marriage. If you're in a more festive mood, you can march in a Takei pride parade. Even homophobic slurs don't seem as hurtful if someone says "That is soooo Takei", and around the holidays, you can sing "Don we now our Takei apparel!".”
George Takei (born 1937) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: George Takei vs. Tennessee's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill", YouTube (May 19, 2011).
“He is a clown in blackface sitting on the Supreme Court. He gets me that angry. He doesn't belong there. And for him to say, slaves have dignity. I mean, doesn't he know that slaves were in chains? That they were whipped on the back. If he saw the movie 12 Years as a Slave, you know, they were raped. And he says they had dignity as slaves or— My parents lost everything that they worked for, in the middle of their lives, in their thirties. His business, my father's business, our home, our freedom and we're supposed to call that dignified? Marched out of our homes at gun point. I mean, this man does not belong on the Supreme Court. He is an embarrassment. He is a disgrace to America.”
George Takei (born 1937) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fox 10 News (Phoenix) interview, June 30, 2015
“One of the gifts from Star Trek was not just longevity but colleagues that became lasting friends. My colleagues were part of my wedding party in 2008. Walter Koenig, who played Chekov, was my best man. We asked Nichelle [Nichols ...] to be our matron of honour but she said: 'I am not a matron! If Walter can be the best man, why can’t I be the best lady?' So she became the best lady.”
George Takei (born 1937) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'There was one prima donna on Star Trek': George Takei on William Shatner, love and life as an 'enemy alien'", The Guardian (28 November 2022).
“What my parents went through was the real horror. The incredible series of insults, outrages and defamation the government put Japanese-Americans through. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the next morning President Roosevelt declared free rein to all the racists in the US to vent on any Japanese-American. They spat at us, yelled ugly names at us and graffitied my father's dry cleaning business, his car. We had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor. We were American citizens.”
George Takei (born 1937) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: George Takei: 'Bill Shatner is an egocentric, self-involved prima donna'", The Times (London, January 3, 2023).