It was war - 😅😅

He has brought the story of Internment to many Americans with elequence and intellegence and deep feeling.

We can all look up to him as an excellent human. Thanks for your comment!

That's a relief, as John Wayne was also relentless in his zeal promoting McCarthyism and helping the industry to blackball so-called Communists. I figured it would be challenging or perhaps impossible for Wayne to reconcile his staunch jingoism with the WWII internment camps in which Takei's family was held. It would be like Trump befriending and treating fairly a working-class Mexican immigrant... that extreme a level of overcoming one's lifelong biases.

Perhaps since they were both actors working on a patriotic film, Wayne was OK with it. I don't know.

;;@@VideoNOLA Unlike those who aren't his camp, John Wayne had enough class and good manners not to go around casually picking fights with people because their political views were different from his,

@@VideoNOLAif the working class Mexican family had immigrated LEGALLY, Trump would welcome them with open arms. Even if they were not here legally he would still be respectful.

Agreed!

He is a true gentleman. Thank you for your kind comment.

So true! Thank you.

And what a glorious, distinctive, resonant voice he has.

He is a national treasure. Thanks for your comment.

I will let him know. Thanks for your kind comment.

I agree. George was awesome. Paul Rosa

When Paul and I shot these we knew they would be very different from all the other interviews out there because we really knew and loved these characters and did our research about the actors. Thanks for watching!

He is pure gentleman. Also, remember we taped this almost 30 years ago; gay rights has come a long way since then.

@@LifeArtsNetwork Speaking as a gay man, I’m happy about that situation.

Well, this was 1994 so it's understandable that he didn't discuss gay rights. I'm not sure if he had even come out as gay yet at that time, at least publicly. He definitely called out Shatner on his ego after this point though. He was at Shatner's roast and really let it fly. But I agree that he is intelligent and polite.

@@JustWasted3HoursHere: George Takei came out in November 2005. I remember because it was the day before my son was born.

Agreed, but a far second. Nobody is close to Bill on that level.

@@algorel4763 Wouldn't be so sure about that.

I think Shatner was extremely outgoing and a great actor. NOBODY can do Kirk like him. So I think we need to cut him a little slack. Listen to Brando.....he's far worse regarding acting bedside manner.

He'd be a great neighbor!

War puts unnatural pressure on social systems and individuals. We like to tell the stories of how it inspired people to be heroic, but it also authorizes the worst behavior. Thank you for watching.

@@LifeArtsNetwork Thank you for putting this up. It is very timely now.

When you say that America treated Japanese Americans like the Germans treated Jews and Gypsies in pre WWII Germany do you mean that if things had gone on longer, America would have killed the Japanese citizens like the Germans eventually killed the Jews and Gypsies? I know that there certainly was a lot of anti Japanese hysteria following Pearl Harbor, and humans tend to scapegoat anyone who looks like someone who they perceive harmed them but do you think that things would have gone that far? When certain people are now starting to blame Immigrants and people of color for all of America's problems that scares me. I hope that the "Relocation Camps" would not have potentially evolved into full blown Concentration Camps, or people like George Takai would not be talking to us now and telling their stories.

He would be a great representative of humanity on a real starship!