Complicated Quote by Susan Sarandon

I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'

— Tony Goldwyn

Well, I don't feel that I've played so many bad guys, and I'm rot really drawn to villains per se. I think a lot…

— Edward Norton

Part of what I like about the best villains in TV and film is when you feel sorry for them, and that makes you…

— Colin O'Donoghue

You know, he [Alan Rickman] played these very reserved, sometimes-cold, sometimes-threatening characters on the screen, but the reality of the man was incredible warmth…

— Helen Mirren

Villains are mostly just people villainized by circumstance

— Chris Colfer

I find the trick to playing a villain is that you can't be bad for the sake of being bad. It has to be…

— Matthew Davis

I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the…

— Harlan Coben

You need to try to find a way to humanize your villains. Genuine villains, in real life, still have mothers and daughters and sisters,…

— Mark Strong

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

— Julie Plec

The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an…

— Malcolm McDowell

“Villains were wonderful. They got to be cruel and selfish, to preen in front of mirrors and poison apples, and trap girls on mountains…

— Holly Black

I've kind of had to make a career of playing villains. In order to stay employed, I had to figure out how to play…

— Jeffrey Pierce