#villains

I have made calculations that would beggar your soul. What is it that villains always say at the end of stories? You and I are more alike than you think? Well,” the Marquess took September’s hand in hers and very gently kissed it. “We are. Oh, how alike we are! I feel very warmly towards you, and I only want to protect you, as I wish someone had protected me. Come, September, look out the window with me. It’s not a difficult thing. A show of faith, let’s call it. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#similarities #villains #faith

The novelist Dumas would one day borrow features from both of his uncles, not to mention his grandfather, the acknowledged scoundrel, in fashioning the central villains of The Count of Monte Cristo. Reading court documents detailing the sordid unraveling of Charles's sham fortune, which would have devastating effects on his daughter and her unsuspecting husband, I couldn't help thinking that one of the interesting things about Dumas's villains is that, while greedy and unprincipled themselves, they produce children who can be innocent and decent. This was something that the writer understood very well from his own family. ↗

— Tom Reiss

#count-of-monte #evil #villains #family

History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that. ↗

— Rick Yune

#control #history #i #over #ranks

It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now. ↗

— Piper Perabo

#had #i #more #much #now

I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can really push it, you can push the limits, and get away with it. ↗

— Sean Bean

#bad #bad guy #find #get #guy

I don't feel I'm playing villains all the time. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#i #playing #time #villains

Are people raised to be villains or vilified like I have become? ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#i #like #people #raised #vilified

I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#channel #energy #i #just #people

I generally play villains once every three or four years by choice because I get offered villainous roles a lot, because of the way I look and whatever. And I tend to avoid them because I think you can end up in a cul-de-sac of your own making if you're cast in that. ↗

— Kevin McKidd

#because #cast #choice #end #every

I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#because #changes #faceless #hate #i