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Quotes About Villain

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.
~ Lee Van Cleef
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.
~ Conrad Veidt
I didn't set out to be a villain in film. I'm a character actor, and if my first movie was a comedy, I could have played a geek just as well.
~ William Zabka
It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.
~ Jack Gleeson
Someone has to be the villain. I'm the most villainized player right now. People don't like me.
~ Austin Seferian-Jenkins
A villain number is a very valuable thing to have, but if you look at most musicals, one way or another there's an antagonist number.
~ Alan Menken
'Profit' was an intriguing fellow that couldn't be approached as a villain or a hero. The challenge in hanging a show on a character like Jim Profit was that we knew that we were in for a rough reception.
~ Adrian Pasdar
I think everybody likes to play the villain. They're always much more interesting characters.
~ Maria Doyle Kennedy
I hope I give a good performance; I hope it's enjoyable. If I'm a villain and you hate me, that means I'm doing my job. But I'm not the one to stand for anybody to call me out of my name for any reason.
~ Ashleigh Murray
I'd love to play a villain in BBC drama 'Sherlock' - some sort of evil, slinky blonde would be right up my street.
~ Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
It was Sultan Qureshi, the character of 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' which brought success as a baddie, but it were the TC and teacher's roles in 'Masaan' and 'Nil Battey Sannata' that broke the villain's mould and helped me successfully explore the other shades - be it comedy, intense, or serious - surprising the audience all the time.
~ Pankaj Tripathi
I do more of ensemble casting, roles that are different. In one film I'm playing a villain, in the other I'm playing a son.
~ Jisshu Sengupta
I would love to be a villain.
~ Sasheer Zamata
It's a pity I have been stereotyped as a villain.
~ Radha Ravi
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.
~ Roddy Piper
'Flying Jatt' is a superhero movie, and the villain needs to be really strong.
~ Remo D'Souza
Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain.
~ Lee Van Cleef
There has to be that feeling in a good villain - that he's awesome, he has his own power; that he is, in several senses, unstoppable.
~ Peter Coyote
It's wonderful to play a villain who gets a laugh or to stop a comedy dead in its tracks with a touching moment. It's kind of like a symphony that has very different movements.
~ John Lithgow
In that world, 'villain' can simply be a label given to someone who doesn't conform. There are these unwritten rules in Bachelor Nation... I never follow those rules.
~ Nick Viall
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.
~ Richard Sherman
I really want to be a villain.
~ Isaac Hempstead Wright
I always wanted to play a 'Batman' villain; that was a big one for me. I may have missed the boat, but I always wanted to do that.
~ Will Poulter
Raj Khosla's 'Mera Gaon Mera Desh' was my truly memorable performance as a villain during my initial years. After that I did receive the required foothold in the film industry.
~ Vinod Khanna