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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.

It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had me pegged as a foreign nobleman type I began to live the part, too. I...

Quotes by Adolphe Menjou

People in the South want heroes to be their own, whereas it is easier for them to accept a villain who hails from another state.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

It's so fun to play a villain. I get to tap into a side of myself I thought I never had.

Quotes by Abbie Cobb

Every villain needs her story told.

Quotes by Abbi Glines

Always Quotes

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.

Quotes by William Zabka

If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.

Quotes by Valorie Curry

My favorite movie villain? Oh, that's easy. Hannibal Lecter.

Quotes by Troy Duffy

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.

Quotes by Tovino Thomas

It's hard to find a unique look for a Batman villain. Everything like a scar on the face, or a skin condition, there are so many unique signifiers taken.

Quotes by Tom King

Being Quotes

It's about the characters, it's about the film, it's about the process of making stunning visuals and a huge, epic movie. It doesn't matter if my head was covered in a black plastic bag and I was bouncing around in...

Quotes by Tom Hardy

The underwater businessman philosopher Andrew Ryan was BioShock's unforgettable villain.

Quotes by Tom Bissell

The villain in superhero movies is often, I think, what makes the movie.

Quotes by Toby Emmerich

In the last James Bond movie, the villain was a culture captain, a tycoon of culture, a Murdoch figure. It's not as if people don't know what is going on.

Quotes by Thomas Frank

During the making of 'The Villain,' I had put on some weight.

Quotes by Sudeep

Character Quotes

I've played a lot of bad guys in my time, especially in movies. It's delightful playing the villain. It's almost the most interesting and most complicated role in a film.

Quotes by Steven Berkoff

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.

Quotes by Stephen Dorff

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

Quotes by Simon Kinberg

The idea is to be different with every film, and I'm glad my mother and my brother, who were sitting besides me during the screening of 'Ek Villain,' forget it was me on screen after the first 15 minutes.

Quotes by Sidharth Malhotra

Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times.

Quotes by Shawn Ashmore

Good Quotes

I love the idea of a super villain that doesn't wear a cape, that doesn't wear a super suit.

Quotes by Shane Black

A couple of lines admit wanting one truly cruel role after a run of softer parts. Related: Good and Being quotes.