Area Quote by Jim Lee

I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things.

— Jerry Robinson

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Ordinary people, caught in the trap of their routine lives, are not villains any more than eccentrics or rebels are villains. Essentially, both kinds…

— Sydney J. Harris

The rise of the anti-hero can be traced to a litany of social reasons. Post World War I, for instance, saw the blooming of…

— Tod Goldberg

I prefer to play the villain or the antihero.

— Scott Adkins

We lost faith in authority in the '50s, up to a point, and we spawned a lot of anti-heroes in movies, which were refreshing…

— Brendan Gleeson

I had never had a positive leading character - somebody that wasn't an antihero, or who wasn't more of a guy that you're supposed…

— Gus Van Sant

If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are…

— Carlos Ghosn

Since most heroes are doing villainous roles these days, that thrill is lost. Earlier, there used to be a hero, a heroine, a villain…

— Ranjeet

The hero has to be an archetype; they have to be like a dream; they have to be perfect. The evil is closer to…

— Takashi Miike

“In general, the best antagonists in fiction represent the protagonist’s Shadow. By confronting and ultimately defeating the antagonist, the hero reintegrates these disparate aspects…

— Will Raywood

I find that when I watch films where the villain is more complex, I find that it makes the heroes more complex and ultimately,…

— Joe Russo