Katee Sackhoff Quotes

I like creating villains.

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

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?

The bad guy always gets the best scene and the best lines in the film, and they usually get the most days off.

People come up to me and say, 'You are such a great bad guy.' The fact is that the antagonist in a movie is usually the most fun to play. You can stretch the role and do so much with it.

If there is one thing for which the 'Real Housewives' franchise deserves artistic recognition, it is the patient and immaculate building of a villain.

I think any time anybody sees the bad guy show emotion and you're not hitting the audience over the head, there's always a tinge of empathy for that individual.

I think the bad-guy roles are fun - there are more of them, and they're written more colorfully.

Eventually, after the hero and heroine, it is the antagonist who comes with the most anticipation in any film.

What's the trick to writing a good bad guy? Well, for me, it's always been the idea that you pit yourself against authority, you know? I think that's what it takes - and then you can write villainous characters.

In my entire career, only two actors challenged me as villain in my films. One is Raghuvaran's character of Mark Antony in 'Baasha' and Ramya Krishnan's portrayal of Neelambari in 'Padaiyappa.'

I essay a negative or a positive character depending on whether it's a principle role and how much it drives the movie.

Playing a villain would be great.

I always wanted to play a negative role.

I didn't use a voice change to do Bilbo. I have a distinctive voice anyway. I did an attitude change, making Bilbo kind of fussy - fussy and proper - then gradually dropped the fussiness and properness as the madness of battle really affects him.

Me, I never consider myself a bad guy. I consider myself a good guy. Now, the audience thinks differently. They love to boo me.

Every show needs a jerk. I guess I'm that guy.

I have played my fair share of bad guys, or at least the nemesis.

I love being the bad guy. I think that the audience prefer me as a bad guy.

As a heel, you get to make twists and turns that really sell that character so that you can get that genuine kind of heat from people that want to hate you.

I always felt like Azula and Long Feng were much more interesting villains and three-dimensional characters than Ozai, who was just sort of a big jerk. Like a really big jerk, but not very complex or human.

Each character, be it the antagonist or the protagonist, brings with himself his own personality... and I have tried to stay true to each one of them; each is enjoyable in their own way!

We use wrestling moves to tell a story but it boils down to the character and being able to bring either love or hate out of your crowd.

A villain number is a very valuable thing to have, but if you look at most musicals, one way or another there's an antagonist number.

One of things that drives me nuts is you rarely get bad guys who are written very well.