Bryan Konietzko Quotes

Bryan Konietzko

Profession : Director

Birth : June 1, 1975

Animation is incredibly difficult - much like doing a giant sweeping fantasy novel.

Bryan Konietzko

Fans are more interested in imagining relationships between a myriad of pairings. But they're profoundly disinterested in seeing any of those things manifest themselves on the show.

Bryan Konietzko

We just don't subscribe to the conventional wisdom that you can't have an action series led by a female character. It's kinda nonsense to us.

Bryan Konietzko

Mike and I like a balance of tones. We never set out to make an overtly silly show or an overly serious dramatic show.

Bryan Konietzko

I think Mike and I would absolutely love to do feature animation. Either another story, or it if worked out, one in the 'Avatar' world. We would be really excited.

Bryan Konietzko

Early on, many years ago when we started 'Avatar,' the executive that we were working with said to make the sad scenes sadder, the funny scenes funnier, the scary scenes scarier. That was kind of permission to do what we felt comfortable with.

Bryan Konietzko

I like nothing more than a character sacrificing himself or herself for the sake of others. That's drama at its finest for me.

Bryan Konietzko

I think it's touching that the fans feel so close to the characters that they feel personally hurt. I've felt that way in plenty of TV shows - 'Game of Thrones,' 'Mad Men.' How could they do that to that character? That's drama.

Bryan Konietzko

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 it just takes a lot of time and a lot or work.

Bryan Konietzko

'Korra' is its own series. Obviously it's tied in, in the same world, a similar story, but it's not just 'Book Four' of 'The Last Airbender.'

Bryan Konietzko

It's hard to surprise people with everything leaking on the Internet.

Bryan Konietzko

Since the first announcement of 'Korra' a few years ago, our fan presence online has just been huge and it's really active online. And as TV distribution evolves, even between 'Book 1' and 'Book 2,' it's evolved even more, our audience is increasingly online.

Bryan Konietzko

We don't dwell on the business of Korra restoring everyone's bending in 'Book 2,' but we figured she got around to helping the innocent people who lost it in the months between the seasons.

Bryan Konietzko

In a lot of ways, their journeys are opposite of each other's: Aang was a peace-loving monk, through and through, whereas Korra is a dyed in the wool fighter.

Bryan Konietzko

Mike and I are always drawn to the idea that there is light and dark inside every being, rather than the old two-dimensional trope of good versus evil.

Bryan Konietzko

I think Korra, I later realized she was inspired by my sister, who is pretty tough.

Bryan Konietzko

Definitely female MMA fighters, I'm a big mixed martial arts fan, and watching women's MMA grow was definitely an inspiration. We just had an idea for a character and wanted to do a personality that was the opposite of Aang's, and that's how Korra came about.

Bryan Konietzko

Of course, Mike and I debate and argue - we used to play Ping-Pong to settle arguments. But then Mike got really good.

Bryan Konietzko

That's been the case for decades. 'The Simpsons,' 'King of the Hill' - they do the preproduction in America, and the production is in Korea or in some cases China, or occasionally Japan or India.

Bryan Konietzko

We're always striving to make Avatar look like a cinematic, live-action movie.

Bryan Konietzko