“If someone doesn’t love you for who you are, they should go f*ck themselves” - Sarah Shahi, ClexaCon 2018 Posted over a year ago

“I didn't need research to know how to love her” — Amy Acker on Sarah Shahi's character Sameen Shaw, ClexaCon 2018 Posted over a year ago

“It was meant to be” — Amy Acker on meeting Sarah Shahi, ClexaCon 2018 Posted over a year ago

i mis them both terribly :( Posted over a year ago

“....when Sarah was biting me” — Amy Acker on the part she liked in 6741, ClexaCon 2017 Posted over a year ago

“I love their first meeting - the iron and all the sexual tension.”— Amy Acker about Shoot, ClexaCon 2017 Posted over a year ago

“There’s not a person I’d rather have that experience with than Sarah.”— Amy Acker about shooting 6741, ClexaCon 2017 Posted over a year ago

“I took the role because it went to dark places you don’t get to go to on TV. ”— Sarah Shahi on Sameen Shaw, ClexaCon 2017 Posted over a year ago

“....end of 6741 by the carousel! It was very challenging but will always be the 1st thing I think of when thinking of POI.”— Sarah Shahi's favorite scene on her favorite episode, ClexaCon 2017 Posted over a year ago

“(shouting) YES! F**K YEAH!!!!” — Sarah Shahi on if this relationship (Shoot) was always meant to happen, ClexaCon 2017 Posted over a year ago

“I only look good because Amy makes me look good.”— Sarah Shahi, ClexaCon 2017 Posted over a year ago

“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 Posted over a year ago

“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 Posted over a year ago

“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 Posted over a year ago

“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) Posted over a year ago

“When you find that chemistry and that connection between two characters[Root & Shaw] and two actors [Amy & Sarah], you've gotta follow it.”— Jonah Nolan Posted over a year ago

“I’m so proud,thankful & blessed that I got to play this character; & when they saw how Shaw & Root or 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 love each other.... I just feel lucky & proud that the writers did this & I got to be a part of it.” — Amy Acker Posted over a year ago

“If we ever want to do the show again? I'd watch the hell out of Shaw and Root and the Machine. I'd watch that shaw all day long. We love 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 Posted over a year ago

“He [David Slack] said 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 Posted over a year ago

“Clearly these people are meant to be together” — Amy Acker about Root and Shaw Posted over a year ago

“Pretty much the first time they meet with the iron. You 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. Posted over a year ago

“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 Posted over a year ago

“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) Posted over a year ago

“Root will be very happy” — Amy Acker on what we can expect for Root and Shaw in season 5 (NYCC 2015) Posted over a year ago

“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) Posted over a year ago

“I could play Root for the rest of my life.” — Amy Acker (Fan Expo Canada 2015) Posted over a year ago

“Fuck yeah, man! The lesbian theme is a very recurring theme in my career and I love it. I love women.” — Sarah Shahi, when asked if she was thrilled about Root and Shaw’s relationship Posted over a year ago

“Shoot has officially moved beyond subtext” — Greg Plageman, Person of Interest showrunner Posted over a year ago

“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 Posted over a year ago

“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 Posted over a year ago

“I think it’s like choosing a voice on your phone. You pick what you 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. Posted over a year ago

“I love 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 Posted over a year ago

“Your little girlfriend…” — Martine to Root Posted over a year ago

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 fan question about the S4E11 (If-Then-Else) kiss at the Denver Comic-Con 2015 Posted over a year ago

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 or kissed anyone [with tongue onscreen??].” — Amy Acker answering fan question about the S4E11 (If-Then-Else) kiss at the Denver Comic-Con 2015 Posted over a year ago

“It is sweet that the relationship has affected so many in a positive way.” — Amy Acker on Root and Shaw Posted over a year ago

“I am screaming and crying because my love of my life is dead” — Amy Acker Posted over a year ago

“At the end of the day her heart will always belong to Root” — Sarah Shahi Posted over a year ago

“Shaw is the love of my life.” — Amy Acker talking for Root (Denver Comic Con 2015) Posted over a year ago

Daily reminder that the only reason Shaw thinks she shouldn’t be with Root is because they’d be too HOT together! Posted over a year ago

Amy Acker was introduced as “Root, the deadly psychopath who has allowed Shaw to warm her cold heart.” PaleyFest 2015 Posted over a year ago

“They are in lurve”— Amy Acker about Root and Shaw Posted over a year ago

“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 Posted over a year ago

“We both were very giggly about it because Amy and I are friends 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 Posted over a year ago

“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 love happening – whether or 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 Posted over a year ago

“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 fan fiction-type ideas on how Shaw and Root could consummate their relationship. Posted over a year ago

“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 more 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 Posted over a year ago

“We love the chemistry of those two together. It's just hilarious and fantastic. It's clear that Shaw is slowly coming around -- or being less pissed off -- with Root when Root flirts with her.”- Jonathan Nolan,Person of Interest showrunner Posted over a year ago

“It's so fun flirting with her [Sarah Shahi], let's hope they draw that out as long as possible.”- Amy Acker SDCC 2014 Posted over a year ago

“The only romance on this show is between Root and Shaw.” - Sarah Shahi Posted over a year ago

“She’s so great, I would love to torture her again any day.”- Amy Acker on her scenes with Sarah Shahi Posted over a year ago

“Shaw loves torture. It's foreplay! She and Root are meant for each other!” - Sarah Shahi Posted over a year ago

Sarah: I hate working with the dog.
Amy: You don’t get any attention.
Sarah: Cause no one’s ever looking at me if it’s a scene that Bear and I are in together. Posted over a year ago

“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 Posted over a year ago

“I love working with Amy. She and I are very similar. And when you are part of a boys’ club, it’s nice to have some females.” - Sarah Shahi Posted over a year ago

“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 ass a couple times.” - Sarah Shahi Posted over a year ago

“There's a thin line between love & 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 Posted over a year ago

“One of the things with Root — which is why I love 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 Posted over a year ago