Antagonist Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.

— Hayao Miyazaki

We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

— Rose Namajunas

I find I am more interested in the villain-type roles because they can be so much more complex than just the villain. I don't…

— Shuler Hensley

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

I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees there is something redeemable…

— Brion James

I don't think anyone sets out to be the evil villain.

— Thomas Middleditch

Evil is a really tough concept for me. The idea of a villain that is bad for bad's sake seems kind of absurd.

— Christopher McQuarrie

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

I like flawed characters, and I like seeing people who are supposed to be not villains but antagonists. There are elements to them, which…

— Taika Waititi

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

— Lucy Lawless

What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and circumstances.

— Christopher Priest

For me, in any story that I take, the antagonist is more interesting and multi-dimensional.

— Vetrimaaran