Villains Quotes · Page 6

“So not only do I have to go out and fight evil villains, I have to take up woodworking, too?”

— Mari Mancusi

That's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they…

— Scott Derrickson

“Some of the worst villains and the biggest fools have good looks.”

— Kieran Kramer

Are people raised to be villains or vilified like I have become?

— Marilyn Manson

We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

— Barry Ritholtz

As a filmmaker, you're always supposed to be with your characters, in all movies, even if they're villains.

— Robert Zemeckis

“There may come times that you will regret not just dying when you had a chance.”

— Drew Hayes

I have a lot of fun playing quote unquote villains because I think the bad guys get to have more fun, right?

— Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve.…

— Barry Ritholtz

“You can’t do things the right way and still win when the villains have no code. The only way to get anything…

— Danielle Stewart

Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become — there's a sense of…

— Thomas Haden Church

A lot of people seem nice when you first meet them. Then later you find out that they are evil villains who…

— Dan Gutman

“Lady Margaret's icy blue eyes were enough to give Charity chills -- but the brandy in the cut-glass decanter was enough to…

— Carol Storm

Once I gave up the hunt for villains, I had little recourse but to take responsibility for my choices… Needless to say,…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who…

— Barry Eisler

I love Captain Cold. I have him on my door at the office. He's grounded; he doesn't want to rule the world.…

— Geoff Johns

In movies, we've run out of ideas for bad guys. We end up with politically incorrect villains, like Arab terrorists or Latin…

— Dean Devlin

“Villains made no special guest appearances in our Once Upon A Time story games. They scared Laura and bored me, so instead…

— Rachel Cohn

Actors endow the villain in fiction with a warmth and quality that makes them memorable. I think we like fictional villains because…

— John Rhys-Davies

Like any normal fifth grader, I preferred my villains to be evil and stay that way, to act like Dracula rather than…

— David Sedaris

You can have villains like the Penguin, who strut around in a tuxedo with an umbrella, and Poison Ivy and all of…

— Paul Dini

“Moriarty smiled his adder’s smile. And I relaxed. I knew . My destiny and his wound together. It was a sensation I’d…

— Kim Newman

I think the best villains are ones that you can look at and say, 'Yeah, he's obviously going about this the wrong…

— Ryan North

“Villain telepaths are no more dangerous than villains of every other stripe; they just have a different way of operating. Instead of…

— Scott Olen Reid

But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.

— Gary Oldman

I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.

— Elizabeth McGovern

Villains fear me because I am unpredictable and broccoli. See what I mean?

— Demetri Martin

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

— Sidney Sheldon

“The truth is that there are no heroes. We're all villains excusing our actions by hiding behind a greater good.”

— Rachel Bach

It's nice to be in a world where you're not going to exhaust storylines with potential villains.

— Donal Logue

I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world and people who play heroes are jerks.

— Tim Burton

As a writer I'm more drawn to villains who are just slightly mad.

— Lev Grossman

I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys. I think it's my face, the way I look.

— Christopher Walken

Do not assume anything Obi-Wan. Clear your mind must be if you are to discover the real villains behind this plot.

— Anonymous

“There are much bigger and more Machiavellian villains to chase.”

— Nat Kozinn

I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'

— Tony Goldwyn

I always think the villains in all of the Disney movies are almost operatic in scale.

— Jonathan Freeman

I am convinced that tough villains help make a comedy sparkle because they provide a contrast to the funny guys.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it.

— Luke Evans

Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.

— Voltaire