“One of my themes is that there is good and evil in everyone. I was not out to make these guys heroes. I really don't believe in heroes. The best of people have a dark side and it's a constant struggle for the better side to survive and to thrive.” PeopleBelieveGuyEvilSidesDarkStruggleHeroConstantDon't BelieveThemeGood And EvilThriveDark SideConstant Struggle Author:William Friedkin
“In my profession more generally, it's not an exaggeration to say that masculinity is viewed as the root of all evil. If you were to take a literary theory course, you might think it would be about literature, but it's really not. It's about all the various forms of oppression on earth and how we can see them playing out in literary works. And behind all these forms of oppression is a guy.” IfsThinkingMightWould BeEarthFormGuyCoursesEvilLiteratureBehindsTheoryRootsVariousProfessionOppressionMasculinityExaggerationLiterary WorksLiterary Theory Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“You know Kim Jong Un, the evil dictator of North Korea? Apparently, a guy in his inner circle used his ashtray while smoking and Kim Jong Un had him executed. I remember the same thing happened when a guy used Martha Stewart's personal lemon zester.” KnowsRememberUsedGuyEvilHappenedCirclesThings HappenSmokingDictatorKoreaNorth KoreaLemonsKimAshtrays Author:David Letterman
“In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.” PeopleKnowsMindBookShowsBigsRunningGuyCertainEvilLiteratureSmartThis GuyBig PictureEvil People Author:Kevin J. Anderson
“While I'd like to make movies that are uplifting, there's always that part of you that goes, 'I want to play the evil guy because it's not me.' So anything that is not me is a challenge, and if I rise to the challenge, then I've kind of proved myself.” IfsWantKindPlayGuyEvilChallengesUplifting Author:Dean O'Gorman
“One of the things I didn't like about school is that every time they told a story about a rich guy in school, he was an evil guy. Our school system is programming us to think the rich are greedy and evil.” ThinkingStoriesSchoolGuyEvilRichProgrammingGreedySchool System Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow!” WorldBelieveGuyEvilWinningTechnologicalGood GuyPsychoticNonsensical Author:Rufus Wainwright
“I have a thing for evil bald bad guys. The Kurgan is too sexy.” GuyEvilSexyBad Guys Author:Ernest Cline
“Its as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy.” GuyEvilBoringVillainGood Guy Author:Brian Helgeland
“Barrie and the wonderful characters he created, Lewis Carroll, even French literature, like Baudelaire or over in the States, Poe, you open those books, you open The Flowers of Evil and begin to read. If it were written today, you'd be absolutely stupefied by the work. It's this incredible period where the work is timeless, ageless. So yeah, I just love all those guys. It's my deep passion in those great 19th century writers.” IfsBookStatesCharacterTodayGuyPassionEvilLiteratureWonderfulWrittenCenturyFlowerPeriodsYeahIncrediblesWorking ItTimeless19th CenturyAgelessFrench LiteratureBaudelaireDeep Passion Author:Johnny Depp
“I'm a character and relationship guy, and even with the 'Saw' films, it's special-effects people's jobs to create these scary things. It's not my job. My job is to bring some sense of humanity to the character, no matter how evil he may be. The script is going to take me there.” PeopleMayMatterCharacterJobsFilmGuyHumanityEvilSawsSpecialEffectsScriptsScaryTake MeSpecial EffectsScary Things Author:Tobin Bell
“I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma. This guy was evil, and this girl was very sweet. And in the end, we'd have to see eight endings because we'd also have to know what happened to the uncle. It's like, "Are you kidding me?!"” KnowsEndsAmericaFilmGuyGirlEvilInterestingHappenedSubjectsSweetSceneScriptsEightTendenciesThemeUnclesThis GuyVery InterestingDilemmaThis GirlVery Sweet Author:Mads Mikkelsen