Iconic Villains Quotes

'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.

I think that Michael Myers is an icon. The bad guys, it's always the bad guys that everybody loves. It's Michael Myers, it's Freddy, it's Jason, they're like the Dracula and Frankenstein of our generation. I think it started a new wave of horror films. They're cult classics and they're something that everybody wants to watch on Halloween.

How can you have 'Scream' without Ghostface? It's like 'Friday the 13th' without Jason.

British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it.

There was a big horror boom in the '80s, and I liked its originality and what you could get away with.

The DC Universe has the best villains in fiction, right? I don't think there's any group of villains collectively or anywhere else that come close to DC's. Joker, Cat Woman, Lex Luthor, are all staples. A lot of the comic book icons are fiction icons.

Hum Paanch' made Amrish Puri a star and he went on to play Mogambo in my 'Mr. India.'

Batman has what is quite possibly the best rogues' gallery every created. People who have never read a comic can name half a dozen of his foes, and that's barely scratching the surface.

Freddie Kruger, Jason, Michael Myers - they're all our generation. I think the kids wanted some new guys that they could take ownership of and Jigsaw was that guy.