You know, I was never a fan of Star Trek in any form. I don't fault you one bit if you love it. I've just always been indifferent to it…which has made it awkward a couple of times when I've been introduced to, for example, Leonard Nimoy or Walter Koenig or several writers or producers who were involved in various Trek ventures. They seem to kind of expect you're going to gush all over their Star Trek connections and hit them with catch-phrases and itemize your favorite episodes…because from what I can tell, almost everyone they meet does. When you don't, they can't help but notice.
About twenty years ago at a convention, a friend introduced me to George Takei and I had absolutely nothing to say to the man. I said it was a pleasure and a privilege — or maybe a privilege and a pleasure — and I told him (truthfully) how impressed some people I knew would be to hear that I'd met Sulu…and I think that by scraping the bottom of my memory, I managed to recall some non-Trek acting work he'd done and compliment him on it. But I could tell that he was quite aware that I wasn't saying, "I really loved you on Star Trek." I don't mean that he was bothered by it but there was this kind of awkward silence between us and you couldn't miss it.
I know what I'd say if I met George Takei today. I'd tell him how much I admire him for things like this…