Books Quote by Rhys Ifans

With villains you always have to understand what motivates them. Most people don't just think they're evil. They believe or know they are doing…

— Marv Wolfman

I suppose my understanding of villains is that they're just people who are infected by all of the darker instincts - that they haven't…

— Tom Hiddleston

I think all villains have something in common: they have something that they need or want very, very badly. The stakes are very high…

— Donna Murphy

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

A lot of the best villains are the ones that think they are right. That think they are the good guy.

— Sean Waltman

Villains are mostly just people villainized by circumstance

— Chris Colfer

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

— Julie Plec

There is no such thing as a villain. It's the others who are wrong. In as much, all villains are the same.

— Seth Rogen

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're…

— Russell Crowe

I'm not particularly an expert on the genre. Correct me if I'm wrong, but usually you see most of the super-villain in his villainous…

— James Frain

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

— Thomas Middleditch

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