Van Jones Quotes

The landscape of daytime has changed. I'm not so sure people go to daytime TV for kumbaya moments anymore.

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

I do play villains.

Reality TV is really just based for sensationalism. So, it's extreme versions and extreme caricatures of personalities.

I always used to be the villain or the comic butt of some show.

You know, it's always fun to play the bad guy at the end of the day.

I am happy to play the bad man.

I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

Many people dismiss morning television as fluff, but the morning hours are where the money is.

If you've seen me on 'The Celebrity Apprentice' or 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey,' you know that I find myself in hot situations far more often than I'd like.

As long as Reality TV doesn't get boring, it's good.

How many times has it happened that you're watching 'I'm A Celeb' and you're thinking 'I'm not sure about this,' then it turns into the best series.

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

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

I understand our audience loves to see some drama on TV, but even they have got bored with similar patterns of carrying out reality singing shows.

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

I've never been the critic of reality TV that others have, especially many of my colleagues who wonder if it's just the end of America. It's a free market and you just put it on. The fact that science has not been on neck-and-neck with it means that people believe science could not compete on that level.

It's not like I played a villain and everyone goes 'ugh, there's that guy again'.

I wondered if Olympus had gone to a commercial break, or if our ratings had been any good.

It's so enjoyable to play a bad guy, you know.

In my career, I've often played the protagonist or the hero of the movie, and there are so many rules inherent to that role. The audience needs to stay with you, identify with you and like you. When you play the bad guy, those rules go out the window. There's so much freedom there.

I did absolutely love playing Tabaqui, the hyena, who is morally conflicted and a villain, but also quite sweet.

Playing the villain gets you higher ratings on reality TV and saying outrageous stuff on Twitter gets you more followers.

I was played the villain so much because I was bigger and stronger than most, and they cast me as the villain everywhere I went.

You never know how people are gonna receive you and especially a character that's so close to the fans in type...