There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics.
History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
Natural villains are hard to come by, what with all the shrinks and social-scientist types threatening to understand everybody into the ground.
If you go back all the way to the 1920s, filmmakers in Hollywood changed the identity of villains from German to Russian.
I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.
Aha! What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!
People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.
I was very interested in what happens to the husband when his wife goes missing, and how quickly they can be turned into heroes and villains.
Basketball games - and seasons - make great narratives; they feature distinct acts, heroes and villains, and guaranteed resolutions.
I love playing villains. When you're a bad guy, you get to do many real nasty things. It's a lot of fun.
I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.
That's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they even do.
Some people have said Brother Khalid was a villain, but we know he was a victim in a world that is evil. Racism and injustice are the real villains here.
Since childhood, I have always rooted for the villains. I would wish the villain beat the hero and get away with everything.
It's fun playing the villain now and again; villains are so simple, and you don't have to worry about the audience loving you.
I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view.
I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.
I don't know why I always get to play these guys who have few redeeming features. But don't knock it. Villains are much more fun.
I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away.
Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
'Dragon Ball''s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo.
If life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best.
My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
It is an irony that the era of crafty villains such as Gabbar Singh or Mogambo has gone away.
Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.
I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'
I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.
In my opinion, villains are so much more interesting than heroes. So 'Suicide Squad' is just like, wow, so damn awesome.
We are tagged as comedians, villains, etc. but those are just character traits of a role and there is no need for differentiation.
Approach your lives as if they were novels, with their own heroes, villains, red herrings, and triumphs.
I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows.
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.
Politicians against gay marriage now, are the future villains of our American History books.
I'm a comedian at heart, and I really can make people laugh, but ever since 'Amadeus,' all I seem to do is play dramatic roles and villains.
I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys. I think it's my face, the way I look.
It was so much more comfortable to be able to divide people into heroes and villains and expect them to play their allotted part.
I suppose my understanding of villains is that they're just people who are infected by all of the darker instincts - that they haven't got the discipline to make the right choices.
I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and white. That's the gig.
Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open.
If you look at all of the villains in the course of human history, they've all believed, delusionally, in the virtue of their actions - every villain is a hero in his own mind.
My hope is that each of the villains I write will have his or her own motivation that readers can understand, whether they agree or disagree.
What I saw in Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, even the villains, are aspects of myself.
Even the toughest people have a backstory, and villains don't feel like they're the bad guys.
We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.
democracy produces both heroes and villains, but it differs from a fascist state in that it does not produce a hero who is a villain.
Villains are kind of hard to really know on a personal level when you see them as mean, unsensitive-type people.
When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace.
British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it.
I am convinced that tough villains help make a comedy sparkle because they provide a contrast to the funny guys.
Villains!' I shrieked. 'Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!
I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about.
I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.
I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.
One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis.
Vampires are handy characters, as they can do double duty as monster/villains and the classic, misunderstood romantic hero.
The Monarch is the Big Bad to this one family of former adventurers, but we've always known there is a bureaucracy of villains that is a workman-like aspect to them.
In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
We can't be certain who the villains are cuz everyone's so pretty, but the after party's sure to be the wing-ding as it moves into your city.
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