#villain

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#both #emotional #give #heroes #i

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#character #daring #energy #had #him

They are superpower of villains. They are superpower of Al Capone. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#al capone #capone #superpower #villains

There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch. ↗

— Bette Davis

#cannot #credulity #days #everybody #excuse

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts. ↗

— John Forsythe

#comes #get #hero #i #learned

She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villains didn't fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school's graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn't scare her. It made her feel alive. ↗

— Soman Chainani

#villains #death

I love playing villains. ↗

— Alfred Molina

#i love #love #playing #villains

I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#exciting #i #like #more #villain

Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we must identify with them rather than judge them. ↗

— Scarlett Thomas

#heroes #villains #writing #motivational

I like playing the villain. ↗

— Alex O'Loughlin

#like #playing #villain