- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Antagonist Quotes
Playing the villain without the cliche.
These antagonist quotes come from actors and writers talking about playing the villain well — avoiding cliche, finding a motivation strong enough to carry the story, and building a real Character instead of a caricature.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eventually, after the hero and heroine, it is the antagonist who comes with the most anticipation in any film.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a filmmaker, and I was most influenced by Hitchcock's films. How he could plant such deep enriched characters and then make us care both about the antagonist and protagonist was masterful.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole concept of ECW was that the biggest star of the promotion was the promotion itself. It didn't matter if a persona was designed to elicit cheers or boos. It didn't matter if someone was an antagonist or protagonist. The whole concept was to fight for the honor of the cause. The cause was ECW itself.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
So often in TV, when you have an antagonist who's supposed to be the 'big baddie,' it's so easy for them to become cliched.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Johnny Ringo to me was just the best antagonist that I've ever played, because I played him as a guy who has a death wish and had done everything that he wanted in life. As far as he was concerned, a gun fight was about as exciting as it was going to get.
- Legend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps the single most effective antagonist of American business is Ralph Nader, who - thanks largely to the media - has become a legend in his own time and an idol of millions of Americans.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find fight scenes actually more interesting, in a way, than chase scenes because you're watching your character go through this problem-solving process and fight the antagonist mano-a-mano. It's more powerful, more emotional.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm looking for the thing that is different from the antagonist in 'Stranger Things,' different from the protagonist in 'Power Rangers,' and something that will really continue these two amazing opportunities I've been given.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
This character I play on 'OITNB' is an antagonist in a Black Lives Matter storyline, but you need antagonists in order to tell those stories.
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020