- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor has been preparing for something like this.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020
A villain can be stylish, and his actions don't have to be explained. Heroes are boring in comparison, even anti-heroes, as there's always a justification for their bad actions.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want portray a Bond villain. I think I'd give Bond a great run as the villain.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
I call my golden retriever Cara my 'white wolf.' She's changed my attitude and made me write this book where the wolf is the hero, not the villain.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes a villain is very quiet - it makes them more deadly, more intellectual.
- Innocence
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.
- Macbeth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my point of view, bad girl is not a villain. Like, people in the United States use 'bad' as referring to something cool. So it means 'Cool girl.' I wish CL was like that.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
With all due respect to the other writers, I don't want to disparage any other writers; I don't want to have to invent a bigger villain than Deathstroke so Deathstroke can seem heroic fighting this bigger villain. I'd rather just have Deathstroke be who is, and he's kind of a bastard.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
Deathstroke is a villain. Don't come to the book with any expectations that he will, in any way or sense or form, act heroically. He's a bad guy, and that's the fun of it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020