Villain Quotes
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I'd like to be involved in 'SNL' somehow. I mean, being a permanent cast member is a stretch! That's pretty damned hard, but to host it one day would be a dream come true. And I would like to play the DC Comics villain Harley Quinn.
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I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.
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I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
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I'm the blackest villain of all time.
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Every villain needs her story told.
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In my story you're the villain. But in my heart, you're still the reigning King.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.
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If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.
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'Villain' is such a harsh word.
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I don't think of 'Macbeth' as the villain. I don't think of 'King Lear' as the villain. I don't think of 'Hamlet' as the villain. I don't think of 'Travis Bickle' as the villain.
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One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero.
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It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.
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I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.
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Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.
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The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied. They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer - and they don't want explanations that do not give them that.
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Hollywood constantly wants to label you and type you into a certain category, 'Oh he's a comedy guy,' or the weirdo character guy or the villain.
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If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.
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You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.
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If you thought about it I'm hardly the villain, I'm hardly the one you should be scared of. It's the guy who can't talk, it's the guy without a job, it's the one with scares in his face, not the one clean cut, you know what I mean you should worry about a lot of other things, but not me.
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You have a freedom in playing the villain. You can be a lot more out there, really. And there is a joy in that. There is a joy in kind of making a zone of psychoses.
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A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.
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There's never a villain dwelling in all Denmark But he's an arrant knave.
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I'm the guy who plays human beings. I understand why the characters are doing what they're doing. When you play a villain, you don't play a villain: you play a human being doing what he thinks he needs to do to get what he wants.
