Korra and Aang ultimately stand for freedom, equality, and basic human rights, and I think Mike and I are fine with pushing that agenda. — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
I always felt like Azula and Long Feng were much more interesting villains and three-dimensional characters than Ozai, who was just sort of a big jerk. Like a really big jerk, but not very complex or human. — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
You've got to earn it; you're not just handed anything in life. That's why no one starts out as a perfect master. — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
Korra and Aang ultimately stand for freedom, equality, and basic human rights, and I think Mike and I are fine with pushing that agenda. — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
We feel like we're kind of movie guys working in TV. So we're looking forward to that day when we get to work in… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
Aang was an airbending prodigy, but didn't even discover he could bend the other three elements on his own; whereas Korra was bending three… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
I'll just say that America - us included - has a long way to go to catch up with the animated work being done… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
When you have a fully-realized Avatar, it's like Superman, and how do you make that interesting? — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
After 'Avatar' ended, I spent a lot of time watching MMA and kickboxing fights on UFC, WEC, DREAM, and K-1. — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
We wanted the elemental 'bending' to be based on authentic Chinese traditional martial arts, believing this would lend a beauty and resonance to the… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
Hopefully, when we're done with the 'Korra' saga we can put our stamp on a movie. — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
Mike and I figured out a lot about the world, characters and story in the initial two weeks between creating 'Avatar' and pitching it… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
We draw inspiration directly and indirectly from all sorts of things, like movies, documentaries, TV dramas, novels, non-fiction books, animation, science and nature shows,… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
With 'Korra' we've really taken a lot of time to craft it. We're aiming pretty high, and in order to keep up the quality… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
