David Brin Quotes

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

I loved Luke Skywalker and I loved Darth Vader and I loved watching them work it out.

Part of me always longed to do just one more film and see what Luke would be like now that he's on the level of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the student having become the master. But it was not meant to be.

I've been playing the bad guy in the last seven or eight projects I've done. I like it. It's a lot more interesting! Being the good guy gets a little stale after a while, you know?

I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy.

I love playing bad guys; they're always much more fun than the good guy.

I've said that I would play anything to do with 'Star Wars.' But really, deep down, I would love to come back as Darth Maul - that's what I want to do. I would go crazy, go mental, lock myself in a cabin, you know. Do the whole 'method' for two or three months, spear-fishing and stuff, just to play the character again.

Everyone loves a good baddie.

To me, Darth Vader is the epitome of evil.

It was easy to be the bad guy throughout.

I think audiences will always like bad guys who kill for no apparent reason. We just like to hate them.

I'm a really evil person on TV! It's way more fun to be the bad guy.

I'm trying to forget I ever saw 'Episode I,' but Yoda is forever.

I would like to be, like, a young jedi in training, like, do some cool stuff and have some awesome stunts, like Tom Cruise. I think that would be my dream role in 'Star Wars.'

Oh great. Yoda captured us.

What if I'm not a superhero. What if I'm the bad guy?

Everyone remembers the bad guy long after they've seen the movie.

I think a lot of actors will tell you that playing a villain can be more fun than playing the straight and narrow good guy.

I have a tendency to think that when you portray baddies in movies, they come out more human than good guys.

I want to be the bad guy.

There's something about playing the baddies that people like. They're more fun, and people tend to remember them, particularly if you do them well.

It's always more interesting to play the villain.

Because I grew up on 'Star Wars', that was the best example of creating a full and rich world to me as a writer. When I was watching those movies as a kid, I wanted to know more about every damn character in that universe. There was always a hint that there was a story there that you just weren't getting to see.

I would love to, on one project, play a villain. Any kind of villain. Any kind of antagonist. Somebody who's just rotten but fun, or the anti-hero.

I love playing villains or bad guys or bad girls.