--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Certainly in 'Stella' there weren't…" description: "\"Certainly in 'Stella' there weren't really any baddies. And if there were, they were quite ineffectual baddies. And the same is true of 'Gavin & Stacey..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/ruth-jones-5620_baddies_certainly-in-stella-there-weren-t-really_186738.jpg" --- # Certainly in 'Stella' there weren't really any baddies… ![“Certainly in 'Stella' there weren't really any baddies. And if there were, they were quite ineffectual baddies. And the same is true of 'Gavin & Stacey.' I like people to be redeemed.” quote by Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/ruth-jones-5620_baddies_certainly-in-stella-there-weren-t-really_186738.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/ruth-jones-5620_baddies_certainly-in-stella-there-weren-t-really_186738.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/ruth-jones-5620_baddies_certainly-in-stella-there-weren-t-really_186738.jpg) > “Certainly in 'Stella' there weren't really any baddies. And if there were, they were quite ineffectual baddies. And the same is true of 'Gavin & Stacey.' I like people to be redeemed.” [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The show suggests that villains are often weak or absent, emphasizing redemption and humor over conflict. **In simple terms:** Good stories focus on redemption, not strong villains. Key Takeaway Value redemption over conflict. Themes humor redemption character conflict Mood lighthearted thoughtful playful Type dialogue observational When to use this quote - writing comedy - character analysis - story planning - team building - conflict management Key Concepts villainy narrative structure character development Questions to Reflect On - How does lack of a villain affect tension? - Can redemption replace conflict? A Different Perspective Some narratives need a clear antagonist to drive tension. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Baddies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baddies/) [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) ## Related quotes > [If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-mendelsohn/if-you-re-a-character-actor-you-get-hired-to-play-baddies-a-lot/) [Ben Mendelsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-mendelsohn/) > [You've got to have baddies that you can boo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armitage/you-ve-got-to-have-baddies-that-you-can-boo/) [Richard Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-armitage/) > [Film baddies are often scarred, marked or have a condition of some kind. In 'James Bond' stories, the villain is always disabled or disfigured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-pearson/film-baddies-are-often-scarred-marked-or-have-a-condition-of-some/) [Adam Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-pearson/) > [Kiran says (the shelf) is full of stories. If it is, then I like fairy stories. Fairy stories are fair. In them wishes are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mckay/kiran-says-the-shelf-is-full-of-stories-if-it-is-then-i-like-fairy/) [Hilary McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mckay/) > [Baddies always do get the best lines, that's the honest truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-arcy/baddies-always-do-get-the-best-lines-that-s-the-honest-truth/) [James D'arcy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-arcy/) > [I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-ve-been-very-lucky-at-what-s-happened-in-my-career-to-date-but/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) > [Real life is not Disney, where there's the goodies and the baddies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-coughlan/real-life-is-not-disney-where-there-s-the-goodies-and-the-baddies/) [Nicola Coughlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-coughlan/) > [The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-owen/the-idea-of-goodies-and-baddies-has-always-fascinated-me-and-what/) [Clive Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-owen/) > [We often get pigeon-holed as a tough guy, or whatever else. I've been pigeon-holed as a heavy and serious, and almost a baddy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble/we-often-get-pigeon-holed-as-a-tough-guy-or-whatever-else-i-ve-been/) [John Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-noble/) > [I've played the villain before, but my baddies have always entertained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akshaye-khanna/i-ve-played-the-villain-before-but-my-baddies-have-always-entertained/) [Akshaye Khanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akshaye-khanna/) > [It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/it-s-a-cliche-but-it-s-true-that-all-the-fun-lies-in-baddies/) [Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/) > [All the best of the monsters played for sympathy. That goes for my father, Karloff, myself and all the others. They all won the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lon-chaney-jr/all-the-best-of-the-monsters-played-for-sympathy-that-goes-for-my/) Lon Chaney, Jr > [All actors will tell you that baddies are where the money is because they stick in people's minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/all-actors-will-tell-you-that-baddies-are-where-the-money-is-because/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [Audiences always love the baddies. Especially these ones that are so witty and charming and outrageously devious - everything you're not supposed to be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/birgitte-hjort-s-rensen/audiences-always-love-the-baddies-especially-these-ones-that-are-so/) Birgitte Hjort Sørensen > [I continue to explain that plot inconsistencies in B movies are consistent, and should not be allowed to undermine one's enjoyment of the action,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/i-continue-to-explain-that-plot-inconsistencies-in-b-movies-are/) [Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/) ## More by Ruth Jones > [Marks & Spencer's in Cardiff is a really good place to get recognised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/marks-spencer-s-in-cardiff-is-a-really-good-place-to-get-recognised/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I like really, properly detailed, described characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-like-really-properly-detailed-described-characters/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I literally found myself weeping when I was reading 'After You.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-literally-found-myself-weeping-when-i-was-reading-after-you/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I always love stories that do a big time leap where the past informs the present, where you find out what became of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-always-love-stories-that-do-a-big-time-leap-where-the-past-informs/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I think people are naturally funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-think-people-are-naturally-funny/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [When I re-read my diaries, it's the self-doubt that seems to be prevalent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/when-i-re-read-my-diaries-it-s-the-self-doubt-that-seems-to-be/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [If you'd asked me when I was younger what life would be like in my 50s, I'd probably have imagined someone like my grandmother.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/if-you-d-asked-me-when-i-was-younger-what-life-would-be-like-in-my/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [Writing a novel can be solitary at times compared to screenwriting, but I don't mind that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/writing-a-novel-can-be-solitary-at-times-compared-to-screenwriting/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I love living in Wales.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-love-living-in-wales/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I'd like to visit the Faroe Islands and at some point take a boat trip along the Caledonian Canal in Scotland.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-d-like-to-visit-the-faroe-islands-and-at-some-point-take-a-boat/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [With TV-writing, you write scenes and those scenes pretty much stay as they are when you come to filming them. Sometimes you might change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/with-tv-writing-you-write-scenes-and-those-scenes-pretty-much-stay-as/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [Since I turned 40, I've become less self-doubting, but it still happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/since-i-turned-40-i-ve-become-less-self-doubting-but-it-still-happens/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I do my job because I love it. And a necessary part of the job is that you talk about the show you've done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-do-my-job-because-i-love-it-and-a-necessary-part-of-the-job-is-that/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I have decided to stop dieting because it doesn't work for me and I am annoyed with myself for ever trying. I have decided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-have-decided-to-stop-dieting-because-it-doesn-t-work-for-me-and-i/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) > [I do think the Welsh have a special enthusiasm for death. My father's always going to funerals of people he doesn't know very well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-jones/i-do-think-the-welsh-have-a-special-enthusiasm-for-death-my-father-s/) [Ruth Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) [Explore all 100 Ruth Jones quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-jones/) ## More Baddies quotes > [If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-mendelsohn/if-you-re-a-character-actor-you-get-hired-to-play-baddies-a-lot/) [Ben Mendelsohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-mendelsohn/) > [Audiences always love the baddies. Especially these ones that are so witty and charming and outrageously devious - everything you're not supposed to be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/birgitte-hjort-s-rensen/audiences-always-love-the-baddies-especially-these-ones-that-are-so/) Birgitte Hjort Sørensen > [All actors will tell you that baddies are where the money is because they stick in people's minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/all-actors-will-tell-you-that-baddies-are-where-the-money-is-because/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [All the best of the monsters played for sympathy. That goes for my father, Karloff, myself and all the others. They all won the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lon-chaney-jr/all-the-best-of-the-monsters-played-for-sympathy-that-goes-for-my/) Lon Chaney, Jr > [It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gatiss/it-s-a-cliche-but-it-s-true-that-all-the-fun-lies-in-baddies/) [Mark Gatiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gatiss/) > [I've played the villain before, but my baddies have always entertained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akshaye-khanna/i-ve-played-the-villain-before-but-my-baddies-have-always-entertained/) [Akshaye Khanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akshaye-khanna/) > [We often get pigeon-holed as a tough guy, or whatever else. I've been pigeon-holed as a heavy and serious, and almost a baddy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-noble/we-often-get-pigeon-holed-as-a-tough-guy-or-whatever-else-i-ve-been/) [John Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-noble/) > [The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-owen/the-idea-of-goodies-and-baddies-has-always-fascinated-me-and-what/) [Clive Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-owen/) > [Real life is not Disney, where there's the goodies and the baddies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-coughlan/real-life-is-not-disney-where-there-s-the-goodies-and-the-baddies/) [Nicola Coughlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-coughlan/) > [I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-ve-been-very-lucky-at-what-s-happened-in-my-career-to-date-but/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) > [Baddies always do get the best lines, that's the honest truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-arcy/baddies-always-do-get-the-best-lines-that-s-the-honest-truth/) [James D'arcy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-arcy/) > [Kiran says (the shelf) is full of stories. If it is, then I like fairy stories. Fairy stories are fair. In them wishes are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mckay/kiran-says-the-shelf-is-full-of-stories-if-it-is-then-i-like-fairy/) [Hilary McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mckay/) > [Film baddies are often scarred, marked or have a condition of some kind. In 'James Bond' stories, the villain is always disabled or disfigured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-pearson/film-baddies-are-often-scarred-marked-or-have-a-condition-of-some/) [Adam Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-pearson/) > [You've got to have baddies that you can boo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armitage/you-ve-got-to-have-baddies-that-you-can-boo/) [Richard Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-armitage/) > [I continue to explain that plot inconsistencies in B movies are consistent, and should not be allowed to undermine one's enjoyment of the action,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/i-continue-to-explain-that-plot-inconsistencies-in-b-movies-are/) [Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/) [Browse all 25 Baddies quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baddies/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Certainly in 'Stella' there weren't really any baddies. 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