Actors Quote by Ian Mckellen

It's never very useful to see your character as a villain. You have to play them the way they see themselves.

— Lucy Lawless

The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an…

— Malcolm McDowell

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

— Dwyane Wade

Villains are kind of hard to really know on a personal level when you see them as mean, unsensitive-type people.

— Wilt Chamberlain

I generally play villains once every three or four years by choice because I get offered villainous roles a lot, because of the way…

— Kevin McKidd

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

I don't do villains often enough. There are two approaches: give them sympathetic, reasonable motivations for doing the most unspeakable things, or get inside…

— Charles Stross

I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous villain. I like to…

— Bruce Davison

I don't like villains who are just villains. People who are just there to be bad - ugh - so annoying.

— Julie Plec

I don't like the word "villain." It's too reductive. Calling someone a villain makes it too easy to ignore all the factors that went…

— Bryce Pinkham

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

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

— Rhys Ifans