Character Quote by Bryan Konietzko

Our fans are really passionate and really protective of the characters on the show. That's just a testament to them, that kind of reaction.

— Hale Appleman

I fall in love with characters when they're out of their element or are uncomfortable and you really feel for them in a knee-jerk…

— Anna Kendrick

It's hard to penetrate characters who are very cut off and lack empathy and to do it with sympathy. It's so easy to make…

— Siri Hustvedt

With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.

— Rainbow Rowell

I'm not somebody who's emotionally attached to an outcome of a character that I'm hired to play. The fans are.

— Kat Graham

As an actress, I realize that viewers are entitled to have whatever feelings they want about the characters they watch.

— Anna Gunn

In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're so critical.

— Scott Bakula

I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their…

— David O. Russell

I think we've all been kind of... everyone's been hurt, everyone's felt loss, everyone has exultation, everyone has a need to be loved, or…

— Mark Ruffalo

You can't be upset for someone's loyalty to a character. As an actor, that's a gift to see fans care that much.

— Juliana Harkavy

My characters are always utterly sympathetic to me, if that makes any sense.

— Donal Logue

To me sympathy for a character has little to do with how morally upstanding or wicked they are. All that really matters for me…

— James Lasdun