Jason Isaacs

“I've always been drawn to tormented people.”

“Playing a villain is great fun. You get to be naughty and do things you'd never do in real life.”

“Fame is a perverse deformity, an illness of the modern world.”

“The great thing about being an actor is you can get to do all the things you'd never do in your real life.”

“The thing about villains is that they're the heroes of their own stories.”

“I think the best villains are the ones that you can empathize with.”

“There's no such thing as a small part, only small actors.”

“I'm interested in people who are damaged.”

“The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.”

“If you don't feel a little bit of fear when you're acting, you're not doing it right.”

“For a long time, I was a very angry person. I was a punk.”

“The joy of acting is to be able to be other people. I can't think of a better job.”

“I don't take myself too seriously. I think that's the key to longevity.”

“I was a late starter. I didn't start acting until I was 23.”

“There's nothing more boring than a character who's just evil for the sake of being evil.”