Geoff Johns Quotes

Heroes are defined by their villains - Batman is nothing if he doesn't have Two-Face.

Wonder Woman is not horrible. Her villains should be.

There are good characters and bad characters.

What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones?

'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason is because, like in most Westerns, you have the very clear-cut bad-guy/good-guy, however, as the movie progresses, you kind of see that it's a very fine line that divides these two.

I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.

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

The most satisfying thrillers send ordinary people into battle against the forces of evil - otherwise known as greed, ego, rage, fear and laziness - and bring them out bloodied but whole.

One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.

I feel like there's different kinds of evil and there's different kinds of villains, and as much as I would like to be dark and playing with knives... it's not me and it's not my look.

I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight.

The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or the Masters of Evil. I don't believe any character believes their goals to be truly evil.

The good guy is only as strong as the bad guy.

You can't watch 'Daredevil' or 'Jessica Jones' or the Marvel films and not be aware that the villain has to be awesome. I've always wanted to have more space. And the scope, morally, is more broad for the villain than the hero.

It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil.

I'm going to try to play some good guys for a while and just see how that is. It's hard to enjoy them as much as the bad guys, and the clothes are nowhere near as good. Good guys don't wear nice suits!

In a post-9/11 world, 'Batman' is less about scaring bad people into the shadows than he is about bringing good people out into the light.

Wherever you go in the world, Batman is known. Everyone has an idea of what he should be like.

I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.

All stories boil down to good vs. evil, and that's what the archetypal American Western was.

The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.

I don't think anyone sets out to be the evil villain.

In 'The X-Men' world, one can be a hero one day and a villain the next, which means there's a constant battle for a character's soul that's dynamic. I find that really fascinating.

I think Batman is a great character in that he has a lot of internalization, and his heroics come from a dark place.