Randy Quaid Quotes

Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.

I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.

Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.

Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex and more broad and more interesting, and have more sides to them.

A lot of the characters I end up playing have a certain degree of glamour or sexiness, but I like it when you can have some other element that makes it much more interesting.

I love playing characters that have secrets.

I get to play some zany, multilayered, very complex individuals.

Acting is where my heart is. I love acting.

I always wanted to do dramas. Ever since I was young, I wanted to be in a role where I could play a prostitute or a drug addict, because it's nice to be able to portray someone who is so far from you, which I love.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.

I love challenging films, really. I'd prefer to do some gritty, challenging roles. That would be awesome and really fun.

I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette.

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to anything.

I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.

I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people, and killers, and people with a lot of... sheriffs. Good people and bad people, but lots of drama, and to get a chance to be genuinely silly is a great treat for me.

The bad guys are not typical; they are not just bad, they are interesting. They might be good or bad.

Most of my training at graduate school was geared towards drama, so I feel good about it, and I can do it, but it requires a lot more work from me. I feel like with drama... well, with all acting, really, you need to honor the truth of the situation.

I like doing character movies. I like doing movies about personal situations; that's what I love about dealing with things.

I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great.

As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.

Theater people say you are either a comedian or a tragedian, and I'm a tragedian. And the vexing, dark characters, the ones where I don't understand their pain or their anguish, they are the characters that appeal to me.

I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.

I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in a crazy comedy and then play like a dark drama or a thriller.

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.