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Love Quote by Kent McCord

"I answer a fan with a hearing heart first"

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“I answer a fan with a hearing heart first” is the kind of line that sounds simple until you notice how much it’s pushing back against celebrity autopilot. Kent McCord isn’t positioning himself as an untouchable icon dispensing wisdom from above; he’s framing the interaction as listening before speaking, empathy before performance. For an actor best known for steadiness and professionalism, that matters: it’s a quiet brand of integrity, a pledge to treat fandom as human contact rather than noise to manage.

The phrasing does a lot of work. “Answer” implies obligation and follow-through, not the vague benevolence of “acknowledge.” “A fan” is singular, not a crowd, which subtly rejects the flattening way celebrity culture turns people into a faceless audience. Then there’s the slightly poetic “hearing heart”: it’s not just about being polite or responsive, but about receiving what’s underneath the request - gratitude, loneliness, nostalgia, a desire to be seen by someone whose work mattered in their living room.

Contextually, this reads like an actor from the pre-social-media era adapting to the modern economy of access, where fans can reach you instantly and endlessly. McCord’s intent isn’t to promise infinite availability; it’s to set a standard for the quality of attention. The subtext: fame doesn’t excuse numbness. If you’re going to engage at all, do it with presence, not with a copy-pasted smile.

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McCord, Kent. (2026, January 15). I answer a fan with a hearing heart first. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-answer-a-fan-with-a-hearing-heart-first-147278/

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McCord, Kent. "I answer a fan with a hearing heart first." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-answer-a-fan-with-a-hearing-heart-first-147278/.

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"I answer a fan with a hearing heart first." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-answer-a-fan-with-a-hearing-heart-first-147278/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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Kent McCord (born September 26, 1942) is a Actor from USA.

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