#villains

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. He's the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#basically #because #dad #different #good

One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've played a lot of villains and so forth. I think it had to do with, well one thing is that I looked younger than I was for a long time. Now I think I'm suddenly starting to play people's father. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#been #father #forth #had #happened

The fact is that we have no way of knowing if the person who we think we are is at the core of our being. Are you a decent girl with the potential to someday become and evil monster, or are you an evil monster that thinks it's a decent girl?" "Wouldn't I know which one I was?" "Good God, no. The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves. ↗

— Derek Landy

#lies #perception #personality #self-deception #truth

Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes. ↗

— Jeremy Brett

#easier #heroes #much #than #very

I think all villains have something in common: they have something that they need or want very, very badly. The stakes are very high and they are not bound by moral codes or being ethical, so they can do anything and will do anything to get what they want. ↗

— Donna Murphy

#badly #being #bound #codes #common

But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#good guys #guys #i #more #played

Let me put it this way: I definitely need to understand the villains I play. The best cause pain to anesthetize themselves against their own pain. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#best #cause #definitely #his way #i

A lot of people only see me as villains. ↗

— Terence Stamp

#me #only #people #see #villains

Damn you villains, who are you? And from whence came you? ↗