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Heroes are defined by their villains - Batman is nothing if he doesn't have Two-Face.
One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis.
The Creeper in the 'Katana' series is the same Creeper that will be in 'Villains Month.'
I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.
I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.
What I saw in Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce, even the villains, are aspects of myself.
Deathstroke,' in my view, is a family drama. It's like the 'Sopranos' with super villains.
My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that.
I love playing bad. But my whole thing is usually villains that don't know that they're evil.
I'm such an admirer, I am an admirer of villains, especially working with so many great ones.
Even the toughest people have a backstory, and villains don't feel like they're the bad guys.
It is an irony that the era of crafty villains such as Gabbar Singh or Mogambo has gone away.
I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away.
I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.
In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now.
I cannot do the boy-girl romance, villains etc.; I cannot relish such cinema and I cannot make it.
I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.
I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'
British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it.
A lot of the best villains are the ones that think they are right. That think they are the good guy.
I don't like villains who are just villains. People who are just there to be bad - ugh - so annoying.
One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.
I was a relatively anonymous guy, and for whatever reason, I became one of the villains for the Right.
I don't like two-dimensional characters who are obviously villains from the moment they walk on stage.
Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world.
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.
I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.
I have a lot of fun playing quote unquote villains because I think the bad guys get to have more fun, right?
With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.
Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
For Trump, the story is everything. There is no real plan to defeat the villains that Trump tees up, of course.
I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things.
With 'Invincible', I wanted to create my own version of the Marvel or DC universe, with my own heroes and villains.
People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
For mine, the villains of the piece were always important. In a traditional sense, that's always an important role.
I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.
In my opinion, villains are so much more interesting than heroes. So 'Suicide Squad' is just like, wow, so damn awesome.
If you go back all the way to the 1920s, filmmakers in Hollywood changed the identity of villains from German to Russian.
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 bad guys.
In reality, there are very few villains who view themselves as villains. They just have a certain agenda at a certain time.
I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction.
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
I don't know why I always get to play these guys who have few redeeming features. But don't knock it. Villains are much more fun.
We are tagged as comedians, villains, etc. but those are just character traits of a role and there is no need for differentiation.
There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
I love everybody in Gotham. Gotham suits me really well. I'll write anything from 'Nightwing' to 'Batgirl' and any of the villains.
Basketball games - and seasons - make great narratives; they feature distinct acts, heroes and villains, and guaranteed resolutions.