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title: "3 Playing Villain Quotes By Jeffrey Dean Morgan"
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> [I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-love-playing-a-villain-i-think-that-there-s-something-freeing-about/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/jeffrey-dean-morgan-4139_character_i-love-playing-a-villain-i-think-that-th_139848.jpg)

> [I don't know that I feel comfortable playing a villain; as a matter of fact I probably don't feel comfortable, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-don-t-know-that-i-feel-comfortable-playing-a-villain-as-a-matter-of/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/jeffrey-dean-morgan-4139_character_i-don-t-know-that-i-feel-comfortable-pla_508013.jpg)

> [I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge. More than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-love-playing-a-villain-i-think-that-there-s-something-freeing-about-2/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

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## More by Jeffrey Dean Morgan

> [Acting is a hard profession. More than anything, it takes fortitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/acting-is-a-hard-profession-more-than-anything-it-takes-fortitude/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [In a Western, you don't over-explain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/in-a-western-you-don-t-over-explain/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I've called myself an actor - I won't say I've been an actor, but I've called myself an actor - since 1989. That's when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-ve-called-myself-an-actor-i-won-t-say-i-ve-been-an-actor-but-i-ve/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [To do this movie in a watered-down fashion or have these characters be watered down wouldn't have been near as effective. It wouldn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/to-do-this-movie-in-a-watered-down-fashion-or-have-these-characters/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I think, as Ive gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-think-as-ive-gotten-older-i-have-realized-what-a-huge-privilege-it/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I don't think I could last in anything for 10 years doing a character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-don-t-think-i-could-last-in-anything-for-10-years-doing-a-character/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-love-playing-a-villain-i-think-that-there-s-something-freeing-about/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [There were rumors I wasn't going to die. The whole cast was sitting around the table reading the script. I fell on the floor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/there-were-rumors-i-wasn-t-going-to-die-the-whole-cast-was-sitting/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I wasn't very good at it, but I knew that I loved acting immediately.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-wasn-t-very-good-at-it-but-i-knew-that-i-loved-acting-immediately/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [My kind of success has come a little bit later in life. I'm not 20 any more and these people I've been working with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/my-kind-of-success-has-come-a-little-bit-later-in-life-i-m-not-20-any/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I usually play tough guys and stuff like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-usually-play-tough-guys-and-stuff-like-that/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I've always had a problem showing fear on a film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-ve-always-had-a-problem-showing-fear-on-a-film/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I think, before 'Watchmen,' I was the guy from 'Grey's Anatomy' who's a pretty good guy, a pretty charming sweet guy, and so as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-think-before-watchmen-i-was-the-guy-from-grey-s-anatomy-who-s-a/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [I just didn't want to get bored playing a character, and that's kind of the benefit of doing films; you've lived with a character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/i-just-didn-t-want-to-get-bored-playing-a-character-and-that-s-kind/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

> [It's just as easy for me to be building a fence somewhere and scraping by on unemployment in between doing a guest star spot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-dean-morgan/it-s-just-as-easy-for-me-to-be-building-a-fence-somewhere-and/)

[Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-dean-morgan/)

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