Villains Quotes · Page 7

“You were half a second away from saying we’re the villains in our story!” May”

— James Riley

“I love it with all of its villains and pretty liars and self-righteous pompers”

— N.D. Wilson

I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.

— Joseph Morgan

Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.

— Rob James-Collier

A lot of the best villains are the ones that think they are right. That think they are the good guy.

— Sean Waltman

'Dragon Ball''s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo.

— Akira Toriyama

History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that

— Rick Yune

I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point…

— Oscar Isaac

I love writing villains because I was the big sister of five girls, so I had heavy responsibility growing up. I had…

— Sandra Brown

The rules I go by are: Always keep your villains bad, and keep the plot grounded and real. If you keep those…

— Peter Segal

Villains are fun. I think the important thing in playing them is that they don't see themselves as villains. It lets you…

— Rhys Ifans

Some people that are heroes to some can be looked at by another group of people as villains. As far as a…

— Jon Bernthal

You know me, but you don't know me. I give you what I want to give you. I relate to villains like…

— The Weeknd

In the real world, most criminals and powerful persons look lean and use only their mind. Only in films we see villains…

— Nani

I'm sure part of the baggage that I bring having played a lot of villains is also pertinent to the movie [Before…

— Mark Strong

I think the trick to playing villains is that you can't play them as if they know that they're villains, otherwise it…

— Mariana Klaveno

“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

I've got everything against likable characters. Likable characters are usually completely forgettable, and we don't really care. I think we love villains...…

— Lawrence Osborne

“Coleridge’s description of Iago’s actions as "motiveless malignancy" applies in some degree to all the Shakespearian villains. The adjective motiveless means, firstly,…

— W.H. Auden

“There were some people you had to stay away from, people who poisoned everything in reach. Then there were people you wanted…

— V. E. Schwab

“There’s a long, uncomfortable silence in which I contemplate what might happen next. Maybe like the villain in a movie, this is…

— Kat Kruger

Besides, we weren't made to battle villains, because there weren't any. No nation, creed, or race was any better or worse than…

— Kage Baker

Evil is relative - and what I mean by that is that our villains are as complex, as deep and as compelling…

— Geoff Johns

I grew up on Disney movies and, as a kid, I always liked the villains.

— Jonathan Freeman

When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will

— William Shakespeare

Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.

— Jack Gleeson

The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.

— Joseph Heller

We are the only Heroes and Villains standing in our plans in life

— CarlixCollins

Villains often more the story along while the heros react to the villains, so the villain becomes the engine of the story.

— Michael Scott

Look, I don't think villains are interesting when you can't tell where they're coming from.

— Leigh Bardugo

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

— Ian Fleming

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

— Jay Chandrasekhar

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

— Voltaire

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

— Luke Evans

Villains have to be passionate enough to say to themselves, 'I will do anything.' It's a certain type of personality that in…

— Mark Pellegrino

“Your job is to get villains. Right? You'll have to know what to do. If you don't know, you have to find…

— China Miéville

Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as…

— Gertrude Himmelfarb

I play a lot of, maybe a little bit, cartoonish people. I've been a Bond villain, and I play a lot of…

— Christopher Walken

I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost…

— Harlan Coben