A bad guy always assumes he's going to win, whereas the good guy has to struggle with, what if I lose?, and the audience wants to struggle with him.
Hollywood continues to present the U.S. Army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners.
Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.
Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.
I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.
I just try to be the same guy I've always been. Calm, collected, and being a good decision-maker and delivering the ball to the right guys.
I would love to do a good gritty drama, a romantic role. I tend to play bad guys for some reason.
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
I don't really have a type of guy I like. It's just like nice guys, cute boys I mean, ones that are funny.
I have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day.
I'd love to be a part of 'Star Wars.' I'd be a Sith, of course - I'm English! We've got the voice, and it's perfect for the bad guys.
My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.
In Scotland, I'm just like a lot of other guys, but in America, I'm seen as a very strong, masculine guy.
I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.
Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons. It's been important to me.
Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
I'm living with two guys. I'm living with a slob and a guy who sleeps all day.
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
I'm in no rush. One day I'll find a nice guy.
I've always played the guy with the gun and the knife. That's how many actors start out, playing the bad guy.
John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.
