Lee Van Cleef

Audiences just naturally hate me on screen. I could play a role in a tuxedo, and people would think I was rotten. You can do much more with a villain part.

Bad guys have always been my bag... I look mean without even trying.

Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.