Quote by Simon Callow

They're all based on factual characters. Well, a good amount of them. That's why I was attracted to this genre anyways, because these characters…

— Guy Ritchie

People said that he was very nice, but I confess that his utter grotesqueness made me uneasy; perhaps in the same way that the…

— Anonymous

I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's…

— Patrick Warburton

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must…

— Arthur Miller

I like playing these characters who are just on the edge of ridiculous but always grounded in reality. I would never want to come…

— Kaitlin Olson

The fictional work is a kind of actor that wears a satirical garb but can put on other costumes as well.

— Will Self

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

— Mark Gatiss

Mimicry artistes and comedians are supposed to incorporate incidents around him in his acts in a satirical way. For that, he should be well…

— Salim Kumar

Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely…

— Keira Knightley

He is so brilliant. He shines. He's beautiful with his hands that grab things and his tongue that says things and the way he…

— Garth Stein

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

Mel Blanc is a hero because of what he could do with his voice for all the Looney Tunes, the Warner Brothers cartoons, to…

— Nicolas Cage