Character Quote by Neeraj Kabi

A lot of actors say that no villain wants to be a villain, generally. They don't might being evil, maybe, but they have an…

— Liam McIntyre

Good characters don't believe they're bad. As long as you as an actor believe in them and try to understand them, it's not hard…

— Alex Hogh Andersen

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

— Ranjeet

So much in TV today, you don't get to feel empathetic for the villain. The villains are the villains and the heroes are the…

— Stella Maeve

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

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

“Empathy is something you must create when the hero is introduced. Making your hero a victim in the middle of the movie or showing…

— Michael Hauge

If you're going to make a movie about a character who is a supervillain, it's fantastic to have a core sense of empathy for…

— Chris Meledandri

No actor can play a villain if they don't sympathise with him or her - otherwise the character just becomes a two-dimensional caricature.

— Katie McGrath

To be completely honest, it's shocking to me that I keep getting the villain roles! I do not see myself as the villain and…

— Cam Gigandet

To me sympathy for a character has little to do with how morally upstanding or wicked they are. All that really matters for me…

— James Lasdun