James Caan Quotes

I like playing the villain.

It's generally more fun playing the villain.

I think everybody likes to play the villain. They're always much more interesting characters.

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.

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?

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.

Villains are fun to play.

I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can really push it, you can push the limits, and get away with it.

Villains are far more interesting to play than nice people.

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.

It's cool to play a sinister bad guy who also has a human side.

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

I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.

I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real definable character flaw. Those are always really fun, and, I think, funny.

Playing a bad guy would be fun, I'm not going to lie. I'd definitely do that in a heartbeat, because it's so out of my nature.

A lot of the time, a moral compass is all that separates a hero from being a villain; otherwise, the two are very much the same. Both are generally the richest and most complex characters, and they get to have all the fun. I guess it's those types of roles that I ultimately gravitate towards.

I always thought it would be really fun to play a villain. I feel like I haven't done that yet. Not an anti-hero, not someone who is flawed, but somebody who is just straight-up bad.

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 prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.

If you can't play the good guy, sometimes you've got to play the villain.

I love villainous characters; they are so exciting to play. They are so different and challenging.

I would love to play a negative guy, play the villain. It is always interesting to have shades to your character.

I prefer to play the bad guy - it gives you more freedom as an actor.

Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times.

I always like playing the bad guys. They have more fun!