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- Nov 07, 2020
Villain Quotes
On the craft of playing the character no one roots for.
Playing a villain gets treated here as a craft choice rather than a moral one: character actors talking about range, and the compliment buried in giving an audience nightmares. See Character quotes for more on acting range.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to be a villain.
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Madness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't necessarily find superheroes in general, for me, that appealing. I'd much prefer to play, if I was to be cast in a superhero film, I'd prefer to play the villain because there's a reason, there's a motive behind their madness.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's not a villain, that's a man whose a victim of being in love with the wrong one.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very first individual that breaks out in my mind as a top villain is Gorgeous George, and it's hard to beat the first guy.
- Guest Star
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, I should justify the role given to me. So, as a villain, my job was to make people hate me.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020