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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was playing the villain 'Falseface' on Batman, and I got wind that they were going to pay a young starlet $25,000 to be in the same episode. Well, I wasn't getting anywhere near that amount of money, so I refused to let them put my name in the credits.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the best works of fiction, there's no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where even the bad guy's got his reasons.
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- Nov 07, 2020
None of us wants to be judged by our worst act on our worst day, and we consistently judge Burr for that. He was not a perfect man, but he's not a villain. He's a dude, just a guy.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain.
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- Nov 07, 2020
America has this fascination with glorifying the villain and not talking about the trials and tribulations. We tell the story of the successful villain a lot of times, but we don't tell the story of the people who don't come out so successful, and we don't tell the story of all the bystanders of that choice.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think 'Voldemort' is definitely the scariest villain.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think I have more fun being a villain, definitely. It's just more fun to be a villain.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of my flamboyant lifestyle, because of me being German, the way I am, I am the easiest person to sell as a villain. I'm the perfect target.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to, on one project, play a villain. Any kind of villain. Any kind of antagonist. Somebody who's just rotten but fun, or the anti-hero.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to play the villain. You get to be morally corrupt. You don't get to do that in real life.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
No actor can play a villain if they don't sympathise with him or her - otherwise the character just becomes a two-dimensional caricature.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to play the villain. But the young girl is never the villain.
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- Nov 07, 2020