Ric Flair Quotes

I like playing the villain.

Bad guys are complicated characters. It's always fun to play them. You get away with a lot more. You don't have a heroic code you have to live by.

I think that everybody would love to play the bad girl, 'cause for most of us, it's a stretch.

Villains are fun to play.

I don't make the decision about what percentage of good guy or bad guy I play. For some reason, if I put my energy into the bad guy, that scares people. It's magic.

You know, I think a lot of times what happens when we as actors know we're playing a bad guy is we get into bad guy mode. You know what, man? In real life, bad people do good things too and good people do bad things. So you don't necessarily have to be the stereotypical bad guy to still do bad things.

I like to play the guy that has no self-awareness.

The difference between playing a positive and a negative role is only in the portrayal.

I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.

I would think, as an actor, it's just much more fun to be the bad guy.

What I like doing is being a different person. Every character is kind of different. So being able to be that person and then when you leave you're yourself again. So it's kind of weird to be like two different people, and I think that's kind of fun.

When the camera comes on, I am not Hayden any more, I am Lizzie!

Putting a wig on and a costume and doing a wacky character is always fun.

When I'm on stage I become a different beast.

It's been great for me to play a real baddie.

I've always wanted to play the villain. You get to be morally corrupt. You don't get to do that in real life.

Shoot, man, I loved being a damn heel. Something about that, just going out there and being the most despicable person you could ever be, was a real turn-on for me. And I grew up a real shy kid in south Texas, and it was something for me to lean on and have fun with.

People might think that I'm inaccessible, unapproachable, and dark. In many ways, my characters are uncomfortable to interact with, but that's not me.

I always feel like I'm an actress.

As Laurel Van Ness it's so much fun, and with that comes a creative outlet. You can be who you wanna be and be that particular character. I'm so thankful that Impact allows me to do that.

Probably I look different in different get-ups, so I can pass off as an urban and rural character, hopefully with the same kind of conviction.

To give a good interview, I often found it's a bit like acting, except it's yourself, so you have to be yourself.

I'm more comfortable doing a character than being myself.

For the most part I excel as being the bad guy, and that's definitely a strong point for me.

For years there, I sort of lived the character.