“If someone doesn’t upendo wewe for who wewe are, they should go f*ck themselves” - Sarah Shahi, ClexaCon 2018 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I didn't need research to know how to upendo her” — Amy Acker on Sarah Shahi's character Sameen Shaw, ClexaCon 2018 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“It was meant to be” — Amy Acker on meeting Sarah Shahi, ClexaCon 2018 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

i mis them both terribly :( ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“....when Sarah was biting me” — Amy Acker on the part she liked in 6741, ClexaCon 2017 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I upendo their first meeting - the iron and all the sexual tension.”— Amy Acker about Shoot, ClexaCon 2017 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“There’s not a person I’d rather have that experience with than Sarah.”— Amy Acker about shooting 6741, ClexaCon 2017 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I took the role because it went to dark places wewe don’t get to go to on TV. ”— Sarah Shahi on Sameen Shaw, ClexaCon 2017 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“....end of 6741 kwa the carousel! It was very challenging but will always be the 1st thing I think of when thinking of POI.”— Sarah Shahi's inayopendelewa scene on her inayopendelewa episode, ClexaCon 2017 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“(shouting) YES! F**K YEAH!!!!” — Sarah Shahi on if this relationship (Shoot) was always meant to happen, ClexaCon 2017 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I only look good because Amy makes me look good.”— Sarah Shahi, ClexaCon 2017 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Kissing Amy is like biting into the most succulent peach. It’s sweet & juicy & just a little wet. It’s better than your dream, sister.” — Sarah Shahi, ClexaCon 2017 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“We felt like, when she came back, we wanted to deal with the Root relationship in an honest emotional way....We didn't want to dance around it anymore like we did for a while. After everything they'd both been through, they'd earned a big moment.” — Greg Plageman on Sotto Voce (S5E09) Shoot reunion ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“They weren’t afraid to take her in any direction, and not just in that [romantic] sense but with everything about her. There were never any boundaries for this character, and I loved that about her.” — Amy Acker about Root ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Two people who didn't think they needed anyone else in the world could find each other and need each other so badly.” — Amy Acker on Root & Shaw (Shanghai Comic Con 2016) ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“When wewe find that chemistry and that connection between two characters[Root & Shaw] and two actors [Amy & Sarah], you've gotta follow it.”— Jonah Nolan ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I’m so proud,thankful & blessed that I got to play this character; & when they saw how Shaw & Root au Sarah & I responded to each other on screen that they couldn’t shy away from that. They just made it part of the story without making it what the story was all about. It was just accepted & this is what it is; these two people upendo each other.... I just feel lucky & proud that the writers did this & I got to be a part of it.” — Amy Acker ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“If we ever want to do the onyesha again? I'd watch the hell out of Shaw and Root and the Machine. I'd watch that shaw all siku long. We upendo working with these actors,the storyline, and if there's a chance to pick it up down the road, we'd certainly be game.” — Jonah Nolan when asked if they'd ever revisit these characters ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“He [David Slack] alisema that night where I've been zip tied and with the apple, it was the night everything happened for the first time” — Amy Acker, Supanova Expo 2016 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Clearly these people are meant to be together” — Amy Acker about Root and Shaw ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Pretty much the first time they meet with the iron. wewe know the writer Amanda Segel? She was there and she was like ‘Wow! We weren’t expecting that to happen!’ And she was like ’This is the best relationship we had on the show!” — Amy Acker on the first moment she realize that the writers are going to put Root and Shaw as a couple. ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Let’s see. Unexpected… Oh, this is hard! Sexy. And, um… What’s something that would mean happy and sad at the same time? Bittersweet.” — Amy Acker when asked to describe season 5 of Person of Interest in three words ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Amy and I both have bruises and it’s not from any of the fight scenes” — Sarah Shahi on what we can expect for Root and Shaw in season 5 (NYCC 2015) ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Root will be very happy” — Amy Acker on what we can expect for Root and Shaw in season 5 (NYCC 2015) ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I’m so happy I get to work with this lovely lady. She is so easy to look at, she is so easy to-do, as an actress to play with. To be a scene partner with. ” — Sarah Shahi on Amy Acker (NYCC 2015) ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I could play Root for the rest of my life.” — Amy Acker (Fan Expo Canada 2015) ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Fuck yeah, man! The lesbian theme is a very recurring theme in my career and I upendo it. I upendo women.” — Sarah Shahi, when asked if she was thrilled about Root and Shaw’s relationship ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Shoot has officially moved beyond subtext” — Greg Plageman, Person of Interest showrunner ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I think the thing that struck me the most in terms of the two of them [Amy and Sarah] the first time they were on camera, the moment they were on the screen and she pulls out the iron, and I went ‘Something that is supposed to be sadistic has somehow become seductive. There’s something here that we’re missing on the show.’ And we just went with it.” — Greg Plageman, Person of Interest showrunner ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Amy and Sarah are very complementary in ways a lot of people really responded to. Shaw’s character has two personality syndrome. Amy Acker has her own issues on her show. Former assassin turned hacker. Two people who have a really difficult time connecting in the world. I think Shaw has come around to realize maybe this is the person for her in the world.” — Greg Plageman, Person of Interest showrunner ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I think it’s like choosing a voice on your phone. wewe pick what wewe want to hear. And Root hears a female voice when she hears the Machine. Somehow, the Machine knows that’s what Root will relate to, and provides a female voice.” — Amy Acker on why Root always calls the Machine SHE when everybody else uses the pronoun IT. ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I upendo working with Amy. She and I feel very mutually about each other, so I hope we get to flirt with that dynamic.” — Sarah Shahi for season 5 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Your little girlfriend…” — Martine to Root ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

Q: How many takes did Amy do with Sarah?
A: “You know, we were running out of time, so we only got to do it, like- We only got to [laughs] Um- I think? How many times? Only three. About three, probably! [laughs]” — Amy Acker answering shabiki swali about the S4E11 (If-Then-Else) kiss at the Denver Comic-Con 2015 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

Q: How was it filming the kiss?
A: “It was good! Sarah was making fun of me, ‘cos she apparently has kissed lots of girls, and I have never kissed a girl au kissed anyone [with tongue onscreen??].” — Amy Acker answering shabiki swali about the S4E11 (If-Then-Else) kiss at the Denver Comic-Con 2015 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“It is sweet that the relationship has affected so many in a positive way.” — Amy Acker on Root and Shaw ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I am screaming and crying because my upendo of my life is dead” — Amy Acker ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“At the end of the siku her moyo will always belong to Root” — Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Shaw is the upendo of my life.” — Amy Acker talking for Root (Denver Comic Con 2015) ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

Daily reminder that the only reason Shaw thinks she shouldn’t be with Root is because they’d be too HOT together! ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

Amy Acker was introduced as “Root, the deadly psychopath who has allowed Shaw to warm her cold heart.” PaleyFest 2015 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“They are in lurve”— Amy Acker about Root and Shaw ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I’ve loved working with her. I’ve had my share of ‘hinky’ female co-stars in the past, so to have someone so sweet and wonderful and confident and secure in her work is a gift.” —Sarah Shahi about Amy Acker ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“We both were very giggly about it because Amy and I are Marafiki and all of the sudden you’re asked to do this kind of intimate moment with your girlfriend. It was kind of weird and our noses bumped at first and then I got her chin on another take. That was my second-to-last day.”— Sarah Shahi,on Root and Shaw’s kiss ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“There’s been a season-and-a-half of some pretty intense flirtation between the two of them, and though Shaw is famous for being guarded with her emotions, I do think that there is some kind of requited upendo happening – whether au not it’s happening to the extent that Root’s is,I don’t know. But does Shaw have feelings for Root?Absolutely. ” — Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I think Shaw and Root should somehow conceive. I think the Machine should get in there and they should somehow have this weird alien baby....We’ll both have each other’s babies. I don’t know how that’s going to happen; [the writers will] figure that out.”— Sarah Shahi’s shabiki fiction-type ideas on how Shaw and Root could consummate their relationship. ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Amy Acker does a stellar job as Root, and we are able to see another side of the character that we hadn’t seen before, a zaidi human side. She’s completely despondent, she’s desperate, and she’s also very angry, all to the point where she’s willing to do just about anything to anybody in order to find Sameen.” - TV Geek Talk’s preview of Control-Alt-Delete ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“We upendo the chemistry of those two together. It's just hilarious and fantastic. It's clear that Shaw is slowly coming around -- au being less pissed off -- with Root when Root flirts with her.”- Jonathan Nolan,Person of Interest showrunner ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“It's so fun flirting with her [Sarah Shahi], let's hope they draw that out as long as possible.”- Amy Acker SDCC 2014 ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“The only romance on this onyesha is between Root and Shaw.” - Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“She’s so great, I would upendo to torture her again any day.”- Amy Acker on her scenes with Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“Shaw loves torture. It's foreplay! She and Root are meant for each other!” - Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

Sarah: I hate working with the dog.
Amy: wewe don’t get any attention.
Sarah: Cause no one’s ever looking at me if it’s a scene that kubeba and I are in together. ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I have loved Sarah since I first tortured her with the iron. She is so much fun to hang out with on set and off.” - Amy Acker ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I upendo working with Amy. She and I are very similar. And when wewe are part of a boys’ club, it’s nice to have some females.” - Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“I think for her Root is somebody who she knows will deliver a good time, aka lots of violence, and I think there is some trust that she has found within her, that Shaw has put some trust in her because Root saved her punda a couple times.” - Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“There's a thin line between upendo & hate & it's a line they straddle all the time.My character has an appetite for violence so for her to be paired up with Root,Shaw knows Root will give her her fill.Shaw knows it's going to be a challenge & fun.At the same time,Shaw is annoyed with Root's innuendo & Root gets a kick out of toying with Shaw because she knows she can.Root knows she can get a rise out of Shaw.Amy Acker & I enjoy working with each other so it worked out.” - Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita

“One of the things with Root — which is why I upendo any time she and I are written together — is there’s a very “love/hate relationship” between the two of us. I think Shaw loves her on one hand, because she knows it’s going to be a challenge and she knows that they’re both going to go down trying. Then on the other hand, she wouldn’t piss on her if she were on fire. She would just sit there and watch her burn.” - Sarah Shahi ilitumwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja uliopita