1.
We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.
Hermann Goring
We will be remembered either as the planet's most remarkable leaders or its worst criminals.
2.
They paint me as a villain, I just autograph the artwork.
Lil Wayne
They caricature me as a miscreant, I simply sign my name to the depiction.
3.
Live as a villain, die as a hero
Banksy
'Walk the path of wickedness, pass from this world with honour'
5.
People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.
Chris Colfer
6.
I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.
Judd Nelson
7.
A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.
Chris Colfer
9.
The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.
Chuck Klosterman
10.
I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.
Joseph Morgan
11.
I became a villain for doing the right thing.
Tony Hayward
12.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
Aaron Eckhart
14.
I am a villain, but I'm not your villain.
Ashur
15.
No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.
Peter Benchley
16.
If were were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren't in a film, I'd go for the character who tried to strangle you.
Kerstin Gier
17.
History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
Ian Fleming
20.
I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.
Oliver Reed
21.
Every hero is the villain of his own story.
Holly Black
22.
I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.
Russell Crowe
23.
You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.
Andy Garcia
25.
Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.
George R. R. Martin
27.
All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes.
Leo Tolstoy
28.
She should have know that villains often come with pretty faces.
Anna Godbersen
29.
You know everyone loves to be the villain.
Hugh Grant
30.
The best villains are the nicest guys in person.
Finn Wittrock
32.
If life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best.
Joe Abercrombie
34.
I was played the villain so much because I was bigger and stronger than most, and they cast me as the villain everywhere I went.
Wilt Chamberlain
37.
It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad.
Daryl Hannah
38.
I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though.
Matt Smith
39.
As a filmmaker, you're always supposed to be with your characters, in all movies, even if they're villains.
Robert Zemeckis
40.
Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.
Voltaire
41.
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.
Anthony Jeselnik
42.
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.
Sidney Mohede
43.
I prefer to play the villain or the antihero.
Scott Adkins
44.
The best part of a great movie is a great villain and I usually have a tendency to root for the bad guy.
Mark Wahlberg
45.
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.
Gertrude Himmelfarb
46.
Are people raised to be villains or vilified like I have become?
Marilyn Manson
47.
While I'm trying to be a villain, Tyler Posey's just making me break character all the time. It's hilarious.
Colton Haynes
49.
"Jack Reacher" was easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror.
Werner Herzog
50.
If great content is the hero, then banners are the villain.
Michael Brenner