Villain Quotes

Every villain is a hero in his or her own mind.

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.

The man who pauses in his honesty wants little of a villain.

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.

Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.

The difference between a hero and a villain is that they just make different choices.

In the theatre, a hero is one who believes that all women are ladies, a villain one who believes that all ladies are women.

As a filmmaker, you're always supposed to be with your characters, in all movies, even if they're villains.

I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

Don't seek to be a person of fame, for even villains can be famous. Instead, be a person of value. Fame fades but value is honored.

It seemed fun to play a villain on stage and I wanted my jokes to be so good that I could just calmly tell them on stage.

I don't know that I feel comfortable playing a villain; as a matter of fact I probably don't feel comfortable, which is why I like it so much. It's just an opportunity to try something different.

Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destroying, as the absence of heroes.

You need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

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

The best part of a great movie is a great villain and I usually have a tendency to root for the bad guy.

When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.

I prefer to play the villain or the antihero.

Oh, I get it, it's simple. PG means the hero gets the girl, 15 means that the villain gets the girl, and 18 means everybody gets the girl.

What the world needs is a set villain that people can point at and say, “It’s all your fault!

While I'm trying to be a villain, Tyler Posey's just making me break character all the time. It's hilarious.

I've played more villains than anything else. And I love playing villains, because I can just be evil and do whatever I want.

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

"Jack Reacher" was easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror.

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.

'Villain' is such a harsh word.

That's not a villain, that's a man whose a victim of being in love with the wrong one.

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

The government says Rant's alive because they need a villain. The kids say he's alive because they need a hero.

I think the James Bond thing has sailed. But of course I would want to be a Bond villain. They are great parts. I think it's highly unlikely, but one can always dream.

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

One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I would absolutely embrace with all five of my arms being a Bond villain.

Women ... to them any wedding is better than no wedding and a big wedding with a villain preferable to a small one with a saint.

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

You have a freedom in playing the villain. You can be a lot more out there, really. And there is a joy in that. There is a joy in kind of making a zone of psychoses.

Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary.

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.

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

I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.

In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.

The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.

In wrestling, my mustache made me look more like a villain. A good mustache can give you the look of the devil.

The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.

It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end.

I'm not an actress, you know. I don't know what's going on. And I'm supposed to be the villain.

Personal improvement is like sitting in a movie theater, arguing with the villain projected on the screen, and feeling that at least we have tried to make things better.

The fact that the federal government is the nation's greatest environmental villain has not stopped activists from reflexively turning to politicians to “protect the environment.”