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.

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.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

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