Quotes About Character

I think a villain who starts his morning looking in the mirror, wringing his hands, and going, 'How can I be evil today?' is not an interesting villain. An interesting villain is a person who you understand on some level, I think.

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.

I love that everyone on 'Scream Queens' has a moment where they are the hero, and they are the villain.

It's always fun playing a villain, I do have to say.

Usually, you just have a hero and a villain - in any movie, not just a superhero movie.

I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge.

I think a lot of actors will tell you that playing a villain can be more fun than playing the straight and narrow good guy.

I don't think you can play a villain with a negative point of view.

One of my goals is to play a villain in a Bond film. People ask me if I want to be a Bond girl, and I say, 'No, I want to be the villain.' I'm waiting for that call!

I find that when I watch films where the villain is more complex, I find that it makes the heroes more complex and ultimately, in the story, more interesting.

What's really fun as the villain is working to get the audience to hate you.

I've always wanted to play the villain. You get to be morally corrupt. You don't get to do that in real life.

Everything that relates to Pennywise and Bob Gray is very cryptic, and it's like that for a reason. Probably the success of that character as a monster, as a villain is because of that crypticness and uncertainty that people have towards him.

I have no qualms about doing a character who may be below the lead in the pecking order, whether it's a hero or a villain or a comedian.

As an actor, I should justify the role given to me. So, as a villain, my job was to make people hate me.

I can't be the villain that I play in the movies.

In a typical Hindi film, there's the role of the hero, the heroine, and the other important character is the villain.

I do not like to label the characters I am doing or even myself as a particular type of actor. I try to do different kind of roles which are not the same 'hero' or 'villain' kind.

In normal life, we are all sweet and not vamp. So, to play a villain a lot of focus is required.

The traditional villain has died a natural death. Today even a hero can portray a negative character. There are no lines drawn. The scope for actors like me has condensed.

I would love to play a negative guy, play the villain. It is always interesting to have shades to your character.

Comedy or villain, the role does not matter as long as it is challenging.

In Shoojit's films, there is no hero and villain. Every character has its own space and there is a social message in all of his films whether it is 'Vicky Donor' or 'Madras Cafe.'

If I am not playing the villain then I'll play the friend, or the brother who dies in the third reel.