Always Quote by Erik King

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

— Scott Derrickson

When you're talking about villainy, then you're automatically circling around to talk about justice.

— Christopher Priest

I think the idea, first and foremost, is to understand that people may label these characters as villains, but at the end of the…

— Edi Gathegi

It is when I am convinced about my character that I can do justice to that role.

— Dulquer Salmaan

At the end of the day, what I try to bring to villainous characters is a sense of humanity.

— David Harbour

I understand being the villain is what people like. People play to that. They want to know about the villain.

— Dwyane Wade

I've always felt in my own small, little way that if I could just write a story where it works out well, where the…

— Paul Dini

I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling,…

— Thomas Jefferson

What intrigues me is that people kind of naturally want to label or pigeonhole the characters. They want to make it easy for themselves…

— Alexander Skarsgard

Villains are mostly just people villainized by circumstance

— Chris Colfer

I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I…

— Barry Eisler

Justice. To be ever ready to admit that another person is something quite different from what we read when he is there (or when…

— Simone Weil