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• I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things.

  Jerry Robinson

  Hero, Interesting, Exotic

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• The villain's censure is extorted praise.

  Alexander Pope

  Praise, Censure

  Alexander Pope (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe”, p.302

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• History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

  Ian Fleming

  Moving, Hero, These Days

  Ian Fleming (1953). “Casino Royale”, Cape. J.

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• I like playing the villain.

  Alex O'Loughlin

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• Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hero, Stories

  "George R. R. Martin Interview GAME OF THRONES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 17, 2011.

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• I did it thirty-five minutes ago.

  Alan Moore

  Thirty, Minutes, Ozymandias

  "Watchmen". Comic book miniseries by Alan Moore, 1986–1987.

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• I want to play a villain - I can't wait to play a villain.

  Bernie Mac

  Play, Waiting, Want

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• So easily do weak men put in high positions turn villains.

  Dmitry Pisarev

  Freedom, Men, Weak Man

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• Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.

  Lee Van Cleef

  Funny, Eye, Acting

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

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• One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero.

  Bill Vaughan

  Hero, Murder, Millions

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• O villains, vipers, dogs, easily won to fawn on any man!

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Men, Fawns

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• The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success and failure.

  Masashi Kishimoto

  Success, Differences, Insanity

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• I have always been fascinated by the concept of the villain and the hero being in one person.

  Alex Kapranos

  Hero, Persons, Fascinated

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• I suppose my understanding of villains is that they're just people who are infected by all of the darker instincts - that they haven't got the discipline to make the right choices.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Discipline, People, Choices

  "Marvel Avengers Assemble - Tom Hiddleston interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Villains fear me because I am unpredictable and broccoli. See what I mean?

  Demetri Martin

  Mean, Broccoli, Unpredictable

  Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is a Book”, p.201, Hachette UK

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• I wanna be the villain. Villains have fun.

  Donal Logue

  Fun, Having Fun

  "Donal Logue Talks GOTHAM, Getting Renewed for Season 2 and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 9, 2015.

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• Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.

  Rob James-Collier

  Play, Interesting, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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• And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Hate, Determined

  'Richard III' (1591) act 1, sc. 1, l. 28

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• If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications.

  Lennie James

  Real, Hero, People

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

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• I love the idea of a super villain that doesn't wear a cape, that doesn't wear a super suit.

  Shane Black

  Ideas, Capes, Suits

  "Shane Black Explains How He Adapted Warren Ellis’ “Extremis” Storyline into IRON MAN 3; New Poster Released" by Matt Goldberg, collider.com. March 6, 2013.

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• If great content is the hero, then banners are the villain.

  Michael Brenner

  Hero, Marketing, Banner

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• I don't believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.

  Tennessee Williams

  Taken, Hero, Believe

  Tennessee Williams, John S. Bak (2009). “New Selected Essays: Where I Live”, p.85, New Directions Publishing

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• You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

  Andy Garcia

  Play, Guy, Ifs

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• Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.

  Jessica Hagedorn

  Hero, Simple, People

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• In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them with green limelight on his face. They want an ordinary human being with failings.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Dog, Ordinary, Green

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