Able Quote by Gabrielle Union

If it's a really well written villain, he probably has more layers than the archetypal good person. So that would be very attractive to…

— Ben Kingsley

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

I always enjoyed being a villain more, probably because you get to do and say a lot of things you wouldn't do in real…

— Beth Phoenix

I think the only productive way to approach characters, and frankly people in life, is through empathy. The minute we call someone a villain,…

— Bryce Pinkham

That's the thing about writing for a lot of the villains is that, as a writer, you kind of have to put the best…

— Paul Dini

There's a million and one things an actor can do with a villain. He can go for all kinds of quirks and tricks. The…

— Lorne Greene

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're…

— Russell Crowe

I've played an awful lot of people that other people would call villains, but that isn't a very helpful attitude to have if you're…

— Ian Mckellen

I think it is kind of important to direct someone so the character is appealing, but, as an actress, I find it frustrating because…

— Romola Garai

Villain roles tend to add more fuel to my desire for expression.

— Kim Bum

It is much more fun to write about villains then heroes. The villains are the ones that think out the scheme, and the heroes…

— D. J. MacHale

I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it,…

— Charlie Kaufman