- Bad Guys
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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
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the time, a moral compass is all that separates a hero from being a villain; otherwise, the two are very much the same. Both are generally the richest and most complex characters, and they get to have all the fun. I guess it's those types of roles that I ultimately gravitate towards.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know everyone loves to be the villain.
- Fish
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to be involved in 'SNL' somehow. I mean, being a permanent cast member is a stretch! That's pretty damned hard, but to host it one day would be a dream come true. And I would like to play the DC Comics villain Harley Quinn.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an actress, you know. I don't know what's going on. And I'm supposed to be the villain.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The characters that have greys are the more interesting characters. The hero who sometimes crosses the line and the villain who sometimes doesn't are just much more interesting.
- Plot
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- Nov 07, 2020
The villain drives the plot.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen unpublished manuscripts where the writer doesn't know they are making fun of the villain - but they are. If you aren't afraid of your villain, how can your hero be afraid?
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
Captain William Thomas Turner, hero; villain, Schwieger. As I started doing research into him and into the submarine and so forth, I found that I was growing increasingly sympathetic to him. He's a young guy, 30, handsome, well-liked by his crew, humane.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm no hero. The world knows all too well about my mistakes. But I was never meant to play the villain.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Elektra isn't a villain and isn't a good girl, but as Frank Miller said, she is one of the villains with a weak streak in them, and that's a failure that I tried to explore.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's too easy often to find a villain out of the headlines and to then repeat that villainy again and again and again. You know, traditionally, America has always looked to scapegoat someone as the boogie man.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand being the villain is what people like. People play to that. They want to know about the villain.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020