George Takei Quotes

Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.

The uniqueness about me is I don't do one thing perfectly or great. I do a little bit of everything. That's what makes me so unique. I'm just trying to master a little bit of everything.

I know I'm in a 'jack of all, master of none' situation, but I like it that way.

I'm not just a designer; I'm not just a retailer. I'm not just a street style person, whatever that is. I can instead do a little bit of everything.

I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.

I've always wanted to be - I know people think this is an insult - but a jack of all trades.

I realise that I'm a bit of a dabbler but it's nice to do stuff that's different.

I take pride in being a jack of all trades.

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.

I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.

The term 'renaissance man' is always bandied about. I don't think that applies to me. You think about Leonardo da Vinci, and he was a painter and a physicist and an architect, and that is a true renaissance man.

I've always dipped my finger in so many things.

I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.

My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

I want to be super well-rounded.

I'm kind of a Jack of all trades, master of none.

I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art.

I want to be a genuine allrounder.

Eventually, this is how I would like to be remembered at the end of my career: He was never the best in anything he did - comedy, acting, filmmaking, writing, etc. But nobody was better at doing different things at the same time than he was.

All day long, I'm creative, and the second I get a little tired of any given medium, I just shut that area down and go to the next room. I just go do something else.

I really don't look at myself as just one thing. I'm kind of scattered and like to have my hands in a lot of different projects. It makes me who I am.

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

Being multi-disciplined is always a good thing.