Audience Quote by Alfred Hitchcock

I think that's happened throughout time in terms of how we treat villains. It's sometimes where the most interesting and seemingly troubled or stifled…

— Fred Hechinger

Playing villains is very liberating because unlike the leading man, nothing is expected of you. Leading men have to look good, they have to…

— Alfred Molina

I suppose my understanding of villains is that they're just people who are infected by all of the darker instincts - that they haven't…

— Tom Hiddleston

“The villains were always ugly in books and movies. Necessarily so, it seemed. Because if they were attractive—if their looks matched their charm and…

— Nenia Campbell

I've never really understood those actors that don't want to play villains. Because if an audience leaves, you know, the theater or, you know,…

— Michelle Trachtenberg

Villains are often attractive.

— Ken Stott

Sometimes a villain is very quiet - it makes them more deadly, more intellectual.

— Dave Filoni

“In the world of so-called villains, what we need is not another hero. What we need is to stop the influx of people who…

— Vironika Tugaleva

The thing about villains is most people play them with the shifty eyes and all that, whereas I play them as good guys. 'Cos…

— Ray Winstone

It's fun playing the villain now and again; villains are so simple, and you don't have to worry about the audience loving you.

— Sanjay Dutt

I think all villains have something in common: they have something that they need or want very, very badly. The stakes are very high…

— Donna Murphy

Because I'm a filmmaker at heart, I know a villain can't be too humanized and the audience can't empathize with him too much.

— Sharlto Copley