Villain Quotes - Page 27

• It's one thing to not want an evil-sorcerer type villain in your story, but it's another thing to avoid having any sort of antagonist at all. A story without an antagonist gets weird pretty quick.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Evil, Stories, Want

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• It's not that fun to just play a villain, without any reasoning behind it.

  Nicholas Lea

  Fun, Play, Behinds

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Believe, People, Energy

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think it's too easy often to find a villain out of the headlines and to then repeat that villainy again and again and again. You know, traditionally, America has always looked to scapegoat someone as the boogie man.

  Edward Zwick

  Men, Thinking, America

  "Featured Filmmaker: Edward Zwick" by Stax, www.ign.com. March 4, 2002.

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• There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why when Columbine happened, it was easy to pick on me. My face was around and it made good TV.

  Marilyn Manson

  Tvs, Eras, Faces

  "Freak or unique?". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2003.

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• I've looked at all of Hitler's speeches thinking that there's gotta be one where he's 'I'm Hitler!', but there weren't any. His speeches were all about hope and prosperity - he ran on a platform of peace and prosperity. Hitler speeches that makes him sound like a villain are pretty hard to find, he was very detached from what he was doing, he kept himself compartmentalised from it.

  Christopher McQuarrie

  Thinking, Sound, Speech

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• Nikolaj [Coster-Waldau] plays one of the ugliest villains. We had to create such a horrible guy, because he is the bad guy in the [The Other Woman] movie. We took him as far pathologically as possible.

  Kate Upton

  Play, Guy, Horrible

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• I don't want to paint myself as some villain - I was never a bad guy doing horrible things, but I got too caught up in wanting a very specific thing to happen to the band. Ultimately, I had to find the ability in myself to get over that and stop being so stringent and learn to laugh a little bit more.

  Andy Biersack

  Laughing, Guy, Band

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• We're all the heroes of our own stories. So, when I am inside the head of a character who would otherwise be considered a villain, I have a great deal of affection for that character and I'm trying to see the world and the events through their eyes.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hero, Character, Eye

  Source: collider.com

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• I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about, and it makes absolutely perfect sense from their point of view.

  John Lasseter

  Smart, Views, Perfect

  "John Lasseter Talks CARS 2, BRAVE and the Future of Pixar". Interview with Adam Chitwood, collider.com. May 29, 2011.

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• When I approach villains, unless it's a drama, I'm a comedian, so I approach most things from a comedic point of view.

  Rob Riggle

  Drama, Views, Comedian

  Source: collider.com

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• Villains often more the story along while the heros react to the villains, so the villain becomes the engine of the story.

  Michael Scott

  Hero, Stories, Engines

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• I would much rather read a book about Ty Cobb, who was quite possibly a sociopath. It makes for more interesting copy. Some of the most memorable characters in literature were villains.

  Jonathan Weeks

  Book, Character, Memorable

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• I thought I did play one villain, Hitler, [who is] like Lecter in some ways, but he's a mythical figure, anyway.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Play, Way, Figures

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• 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.

  Jeffrey Pierce

  Order, Play, Careers

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• Acting is the great love of my life. It gives you permission to use all parts of yourself. Permission to be the hero, the love interest, the comedian, the villain. Transformation excites me. So does truth. Nothing is more thrilling, hilarious, and tragic than the truth. Those things motivated me to become an actor. Also, they always have the best food on set.

  Blake Griffin

  Hero, Giving, Great Love

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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