Quotes About Perception

It is really funny when people say you'd be obvious for a great villain.

Being perceived as a villain gave me energy.

Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary.

I like ambiguity because you may be the villain in someone else's story and the hero in your own, and I think very often, African-American characters are either one thing or the other. You shouldn't have to be perfectly good or perfectly bad. You don't even have to be magical.

I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.

I think every villain basically thinks that he or she is doing something to make his world, or the world in general, a better place.

I think, to me, I was always taught you never approach any character as a villain. Every human being on earth really believes that they're doing the best thing. We all have our rationalizations.

Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part.

It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.

Someone has to be the villain. I'm the most villainized player right now. People don't like me.

It's a pity I have been stereotyped as a villain.

Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.

To be painted a villain, you have to do something, I guess, evil or something heinous, and I don't know if I fit that description.

To be completely honest, it's shocking to me that I keep getting the villain roles! I do not see myself as the villain and I know, growing up, I was the opposite of a villain. I would never try to be a villain to anyone - but maybe other people I grew up with feel differently about that.

I've been called a villain and things like that, but I never put the blame on editing.

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.

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.

People wanted me to be like the Madonna, the white nun, you know, and that's not me. But I'm no villain.

The problem with the film industry is that once one starts out as a villain, subsequent offers are those of similar roles.

I was in 'Bigg Boss' were people called me cute and bubbly, but I landed in 'Jai Ho' playing a villain.

I'm not an actress, you know. I don't know what's going on. And I'm supposed to be the villain.

Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others feel that my parents, while certainly flawed, also had truly wonderful qualities. And that's the way it should be, because in real life two people can look at the same president and one will see a hero and the other a villain.

People often think I've played the villain more times than I have.

If there is one thing for which the 'Real Housewives' franchise deserves artistic recognition, it is the patient and immaculate building of a villain.