Michael Wincott Quotes

(on his role in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) as Guy of Gisborne) It`s always so much more interesting to play the villains, and this guy is a real son of a bitch.

You get to hear it so often - this is your time, this is your movie - finally you just don`t listen anymore. Especially character actors, they are as leaves in the wind. There is a saying about the one who wants to amuse the gods never plans his life. He must have been an actor... You never get the role you have worked so hard for, but the dream role, the one who gives you joy, money and maybe even honor, that one just falls into your lap.

You have to be careful so you don`t make your character dull and predictable. Sometimes you have to bend the script a little... The bad guys are mostly the same on the paper... A bad guy wouldn`t think of himself as bad. The guy I`m playing in Metro (1997) thinks of himself as a responsible and nice guy, since he is taking care of his retarded cousin. That is what I try to keep in mind, when I`m shooting and stabbing people.

My worst work happens when I get obedient.

I never get the girl - I always die. That is the catch with playing bad. I`m actually a very romantic person, and I would like to play in a love story. As long as it doesn`t get too sweet. That`s not me.