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==[[Real Life]]==
* As mentioned above, [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|actors frequently mention that playing the villain is just more fun]], not just for the cooler clothes and such, but from an acting standpoint in general. Heroes can be rather [[Boring Invincible Hero|dull,]] simply doing the right thing because it's the right thing. That can be boring for an actor, but a villain usually has more layers. Is he [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|mad with power]]? Does he have a [[Freudian Excuse]]? How did they get to where they are? There's usually more in a villainous character for an actor to sink his teeth into.
* The Nazis may have been horrible, genocidal, and tyrannical, but at least they knew [http://www.waffen-ss.no/uniformer/sepp.jpg how] [https://web.archive.org/web/20191220021515/http://www.spacestation.carolan.info/uniform-ss_officer-ss-sentr.jpg to]{{Dead link}} [[Evil Is Stylish|dress]], [[wikipedia:Hugo Boss#Involvement in World War II|thanks to Hugo Boss]]. As P.J. O'Rourke once observed, people don't fantasize about being tied to a bed and molested by someone dressed like a ''liberal.''
* Many actors will tell you that playing the villain is a ''lot'' of fun. See [[The Villain Makes the Plot]] for the reasoning.
* The Roman Catholic baptismal vows include one about rejecting the "glamour of evil". They recognized it.
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