My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder,… — Ian Rush Copy Share Image
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In the last James Bond movie, the villain was a culture captain, a tycoon of culture, a Murdoch figure. It's not as… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
I never agree to do a character that molests a woman. I have been very conscious not to do such roles. I… — Babu Antony Copy Share Image
Our discontent begins by finding false villains whom we can accuse of deceiving us. Next we find false heroes whom we expect… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Blame is especially useful in situations in which there is no apparent villain-those moments that prove, despite our advancement of learning, how… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
In the summer after sixth grade, I took a class at St. Robert Bellarmine. My first role, I was the villain in… — Nicholas D'Agosto Copy Share Image
I got to playing villains-I don't know how. I think it's like anything else, in the movies in particular that if you… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
It's really wonderful to come to work and have each episode be different, in a way. They have similar structure sometimes with… — Benjamin McKenzie Copy Share Image
Villains are usually the worst casuists, and rush into crimes to avoid less. Henry VIII. committed murder to avoid the imputation of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
Much of the attention on oceans has portrayed oceans as a villain. Warm water strengthened Hurricane Katrina that pounded Louisiana. Rising sea… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
If you look at the curricula of most universities and schools in this country [USA], considering our long encounter with the Islamic… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Having wallowed in a delightful orgy of anti-French sentiment, having deplored and applauded the villains themselves, having relished the foibles of bankers,… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“His beard was nonexistent, except for a carefully trimmed goatee that met his mustache on both sides of his mouth. The overall… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
The idea is to be different with every film, and I'm glad my mother and my brother, who were sitting besides me… — Sidharth Malhotra Copy Share Image
My life's ambition is to play a James Bond villain. I have the cat and the eye-patch, so I'm just waiting for… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers cartoons. I would spend many hours alone after school watching Daffy Duck. I think Daffy… — Roger Bart Copy Share Image
I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie. They were fairly weak, the last half-dozen of villains… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy, affectation part of the chosen trappings of folly; the one completes a villain, the other… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Captain William Thomas Turner, hero; villain, Schwieger. As I started doing research into him and into the submarine and so forth, I… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
This I realized very late, that villain remains villain and are never able to become artists. We are never counted as actors… — Mukesh Rishi Copy Share Image
I do think that having the villain be a woman is just as feminine, because we're not just saying, 'Women are wonderful… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
It was interesting to have humanoid villains that were rooted in our three-dimensional reality... or four dimensional reality, I'm not sure which! — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
“Instead, their storybook marriage had a dark chapter. A villainess side character, who remained stuck in-between the pages of their beloved fairy… — Kristina Stangl Copy Share Image
There is something very exciting when you're playing a villain. You're being a rebel within the story because you are breaking the… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
When you're writing a story or an actor playing a role, you should never think of your characters as heroes or villains.… — Morgan Neville Copy Share Image
“Only when I save the lives of others do I truly feel as though I am human. Do you only feel that… — Hiroya Oku Copy Share Image
Doubt, fear and regret are the three villains of success. If you close the door on the first two, you will never… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
I was stuck in a wheelchair playing this deranged villain. I felt this mass amount of rage at being so confined. I… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I think that there are just people who are hurting other people, sometimes for the best of intentions and sometimes for the… — James Marsters Copy Share Image
I'll tell thee what it says; it calls me villain, a treacherous husband, a cruel father, a false brother; one lost to… — George Edward Moore Copy Share Image
“In his frosty blue eyes, she saw the reflection of compassion, understanding, and a sense of forgiveness. A gaze that she was… — Kristina Stangl Copy Share Image
The great thing I like about the sci-fi genre is there's a lot of different latitude for a lot of different kinds… — Mark Pellegrino Copy Share Image
I love Robin Wright's character in 'House of Cards' because she's a bona fide villain. She's a not-nice person in a believable… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten.… — Lee Van Cleef Copy Share Image
The best part of working on 'Baywatch' is to be the villain of the movie. I don't think The Rock, aka Dwayne… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
In a novel, the hero can lay ten girls and marry a virgin for the finish. In a movie, that is not… — Herman J. Mankiewicz Copy Share Image