Audience Quote by Lee Van Cleef

In order to inhabit a villain, you mustn't care what the audience think of you. That's not why you are there. You mustn't care…

— Ben Kingsley

I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.

— Michael Caine

As an actor, I should justify the role given to me. So, as a villain, my job was to make people hate me.

— Ranjeet

I am an actress, so my fans or the large audience should look at me as an actress on screen and love or hate…

— Kirti Kulhari

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'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 was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it…

— Conrad Veidt

Empathy is much bigger than sympathy. When the character is empathised with, that means you have succeeded as an actor. So even if it's…

— Neeraj Kabi

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

There's a myth about actors saying, 'Oh no, that's not me on screen at all. I'm just acting.' OK, if I were to say…

— Cary Elwes

There is such a cliche to certain roles that all I can do is to try to make them realistic and work for the…

— Kelli O'Hara

You know you are in a good film when it affects the audience.

— Rhys Ifans