Bad Guys Quotes - Page 17

• The good guys in my movies mind their own business and they don't judge other people. And the bad guys are jealous, they judge other people without knowing the whole story, they want all the attention and they're mean spirited. So I think my films are politically correct in a weird way.

  John Waters

  Mean, Jealous, Thinking

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• If I'm playing someone who's smart, suddenly every character I've played is smart. If I'm playing a bad guy, every character is a bad guy. I suppose it's that thing where people want to see a through-line to understand you. I mean, you know, I have played pretty ordinary people too.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Smart, Character, Mean

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• As an actor in the theater you're taught that you never play a bad guy. You have to love who you are. You can't say, "Oh, I'm a bad guy." How do you play that?

  Denzel Washington

  Play, Guy, Actors

  Source: the-talks.com

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• Fascism is relatively easy to explain. It is a reactionary phenomenon. Nazism was some bad guys having some bad ideas and unfortunately succeeding in realizing them.

  Slavoj Žižek

  Ideas, Guy, Nazism

  Interview with Dianna Dilworth, www.believermag.com. July 2004.

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• Government and politics isn't like a reality TV show. It's not about voting the bad guys out of the house. You know, it's about what do we need to take our country or our state or our city forward? And people, frankly, would be well advised to really get back into understanding politics.

  Campbell Newman

  Country, Reality, Government

  "Campbell's Comeback". "Landline" with Pip Courtney, www.abc.net.au. September 20, 2015.

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• Now the bad guy's not targeting cash. He's targeting narcotics. And he's robbing a pharmacy because that's where the narcotics are.

  Paul Martin

  Guy, Cash, Pharmacy

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• The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.

  Dave Thomas

  Sex, Anger, Men

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• Carbohydrate is the bad guy. You have to see that.

  Robert Atkins

  Guy, Carbohydrates

  "Robert Atkins" by William Leith, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2003.

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• Awards movies are normally sort of... life-affirming and noble. It's probably too much of an intellectual conceit and, you know, people don't like it when you don't lead the bad guy off in cuffs.

  David Fincher

  Awards, People, Guy

  "EXCLUSIVE: David Fincher Talks Zodiac: Director's Cut". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. January 7, 2008.

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• The entrances I make now, when we kick in the door of a high-risk warrant, eighty percent of the homes we're kicking into, it's dark in there for some reason. That's just the way the bad guys are doing it now. So now all of my sights are night sights; I've also put special light rails on the bottom of all of them so I can put a special light on them that's combination white light/laser.

  Steven Seagal

  Home, Dark, Night

  "Choose Your Weapon: Steven Seagal Talks His Favorite Guns". Complex Interview, www.complex.com. February 12, 2010.

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• Early in my career, people wanted to pigeonhole me as the bad guy because I'm of Italian-American descent, which they often were when I started out. You have to fight against it. One of the things that helps is the ability to do comedy.

  Stanley Tucci

  Fighting, Italian, Careers

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• We start off wearing frilly shirts and britches and being good guys and the heroes. And then as time goes on, every English actor ends up playing bad guys. That's what we do.

  James Purefoy

  Hero, Guy, Actors

  Source: screenrant.com

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• Don't take no for an answer. Don't let yourself get pushed around, and don't be afraid to be the bad guy. Find a producer who will be there to back you up when things get difficult. Make sure you work with key crew that you trust.

  Ruba Nadda

  Keys, Guy, Answers

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I came to The United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent to look out for the nasty roles because I'd become famous for playing the nicest man in Australia. So I wanted to play bad guys. But I've been doing that now for 13 years so when I was offered the chance to do some comedy, I grabbed it.

  Alan Dale

  Men, Years, Play

  "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.

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• I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

  Kevin Bacon

  People, Guy, Risk

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• I have certain things that I stand for, certain things that I believe in, and if you don't like it and you tell me to go to hell, I think that's your God-given right as a fan. It's one of those deals where I'm that one guy who is outside of that realm of good guy, bad guy. I'm just me, and it elicits a response both positive and negative.

  John Cena

  Believe, Thinking, Guy

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

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• Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.

  Jackie Chan

  Movie, Play, Guy

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• It's definitely more fun playing a bad guy. It feels a lot better than playing one of the good guys.

  Tom Felton

  Fun, Guy, Feels

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• I don't enjoy any kind of danger or volatility. I don't have that kind of 'I love the bad guys' thing. No, no thank you. I like nice people.

  Tina Fey

  Nice, People, Guy

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• We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and the politicians.

  Kinky Friedman

  Guy, Kinky, Rooms

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• Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Two, Evil, Choices

  "Torture? No. Except …" by Charles Krauthammer, jewishworldreview.com. May 1, 2009.

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• Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany.

  Martin Landau

  Thinking, Guy, Germany

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• When I go to Batman movies, I always think, 'Man, I would like to be a bad guy in a Batman movie.' especially as they got darker when they go to the Christian Bale era.

  Denis Leary

  Christian, Men, Thinking

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• I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country.

  Ang Lee

  Country, Knowing, Guy

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• I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy.

  Elmore Leonard

  Guy, Want, Want To Be Happy

  "Elmore Leonard’s Secret: 'Clean Living, and a Fast Outfield'". Interview with Jon Wiener, lareviewofbooks.org. August 20, 2013.

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