As a villain or a superhero, as a good guy or a bad guy, I think I can do, at this point, ‘Okay, whatever you need boss. Is this what you need? Great, I will grab the brass ring doing it.’
Every villain needs her story told.
Empathy is much bigger than sympathy. When the character is empathised with, that means you have succeeded as an actor. So even if it’s a villain, the audiences don’t hate you… they understand why you have turned into a villain.
My life’s ambition is to play a James Bond villain. I have the cat and the eye-patch, so I’m just waiting for the call. For some reason, though, the phone hasn’t rung.
I played every kind of role In Canada except that of a villain.
I do not like to label the characters I am doing or even myself as a particular type of actor. I try to do different kind of roles which are not the same ‘hero’ or ‘villain’ kind.
I’m not a villain.
I’m not a role model. I’m a role villain.
The very first individual that breaks out in my mind as a top villain is Gorgeous George, and it’s hard to beat the first guy.
If you can’t play the good guy, sometimes you’ve got to play the villain.
Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren’t working. It’s much harder to find a good villain.
You’ve got to love the villain if you have to play him. You’ve got to find something that you can live with in yourself if you’re going to play the villain in a play on stage.
‘Villain’ is such a harsh word.
My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they’re two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain is much more interesting to play.
I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.
I think if you do something effectively whether you’re the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you’ll get asked to play that part again.
Captain William Thomas Turner, hero; villain, Schwieger. As I started doing research into him and into the submarine and so forth, I found that I was growing increasingly sympathetic to him. He’s a young guy, 30, handsome, well-liked by his crew, humane.
I’ve mostly played a villain in Punjabi films, but with ‘Mitti Waajan Mardi,’ I got to essay a comical villain, which the audience loved.
I love Robin Wright’s character in ‘House of Cards’ because she’s a bona fide villain. She’s a not-nice person in a believable way; you can see her working in the world.
History will decide if I’m a villain or a hero.
There’s the 7-year-old me that pretended to be Wonder Woman running around the schoolyard. Like, what an incredible thing to imagine that when the bully shows up or the villain, you would be strong enough to do something about it. But, also, you look like Lynda Carter while you’re doing it – like, ‘Oh, my God.’
With any villain, you have to see things from their point of view and understand that they think what they’re doing will make the world a better place.
