I'm the queen of the nerds.
You can never have enough nerds, freaks, and weirdos. You know what I'm sayin'?
'Doctor Who' belongs to all of us. Everybody makes 'Doctor Who.'
You'll still get guys with an array of badges to demonstrate their importance, but that just excludes people. I think fandom is more inclusive now.
I've done a couple of fan conventions and [the fans] are legion. They're rather like Star Wars or Star Trek fans. We're very glad of the loyal fans - but it's a strange way to spend your life, dressing up like Star Wars. At least we change our costumes - I don't spend 40 years dressed up as Tywin Lannister.
There's something that feels very timeless about fandom.
I kind of wish I'd been to these sci-fi conventions before I was on Heroes just so I could experience it from that side.
I've just got into the convention circuit in the last couple of years and it's great to see all these people who are still interested in the show. It's so gratifying to hear that so many people enjoyed the work that Erin and I have done.
With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.
Being a geek is extremely liberating
Are you loving having these great iconic stories back as much as I am? 'One Life' is back in action and I love putting my 'Blair on' again.
It's weird to see the parallel between 'Gilmore Girls' and a lot of the Comic-Con-type, sci-fi-fantasy fans. In a weird way, even though 'Gilmore Girls' is not in that genre, the way the fandom conducts itself and has created this community is similar.
It's a thrill to be a fan amongst fans.
Every fandom has, you know, it's made up human beings, of people. And there's good, bad, in every group, so we can't worry about that stuff.
For me, One Direction is the only fandom I've been in, and I made so many friends.
But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.
