AJ Lee Quotes

Dweebs are the new chic.

One thing I've realized is that being a nerd has transformed. I like that it's easier to read comic books and, like, 'Lord of the Rings' now. You don't have to get punched in the chest in the gym locker room for that anymore.

For millennials, being a geek is a positive thing, and we see people proudly self-identifying themselves as geeks.

I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned.

Geeks are finally having their day.

Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.

I was always a sci-fi and fantasy geek. I was in the 'Lord of the Rings' club and all my cool friends made fun of me.

Every Comic-Con, they have some sort of 'Dr. Horrible' panel. It's very cool!

Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere.

I was a normal American nerd.

All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds.

I've played D&D for years. I'm a comic book guy. Comic-Con in San Diego is nerd Christmas for me.

In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened.

My whole adolescence has been on 'Game of Thrones;' I don't know what I'm going to do without it.

People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.

Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.

I'm a huge geek, so I love 'Stargate' and 'Firefly.'

Traditionally nerd-based culture is now a big sector of pop culture.

It's pretty crazy. I was thinking about that today, how 'True Blood' has penetrated so much of the cultural zeitgeist. It's truly amazing; it's incredible! The cover of 'Rolling Stone' is major. What's next, the cover of 'Vanity Fair?' When I'm in a 'New Yorker' cartoon, then I will feel like I have made it.

We didn't understand irony yet in the '80s; we just kind of existed at face value, so there was no nerd cool yet because the digital revolution was still in its infancy.

Geek culture is all about being super passionate about your interests and not afraid to express them, even if your interests are unpopular.

'Star Wars' is for nerds and virgins.

I had this almost secret life of going to 'Star Wars' conventions because,' when I was younger, Star Wars' had phased into the uncool part of its life and had yet to become cool again for everybody else.

Anytime something makes money, no matter how outré, it's instantly mainstream. A good example is rock 'n' roll. When rock 'n' roll was first played to a wide audience it was considered the devil's music.

Avatar is a total nerd thing, and yet our popular culture has somehow made all that stuff acceptable.