People are interested not just in Sulu, but George Takei - and he's gay. Life is full of twist and turns.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The way I approach the character isn't about being gay or straight. It's just about who you love. Gender has very little to do with it.
I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me because I'm not gay, so that would interest me.
The media has gone through lots of things that make it a less foreign thing to have your lead character be gay.
I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
We don't really get to see gay characters who are completely open with their sexuality, but it doesn't define who they are.
People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.
I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me because they now feel like they have a gay action hero, and it's very endearing to hear that kind of stuff. But I just played him the way he was and tried to do right by the character.
San Suu's story will always involve politics, but the essence is the love story.
Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides.
I'm George Takei, and I'm straight... up asking you to vote.