Bad Guys Are the Most Balanced People Out There

I have a theory that movie/television villains are the most balanced people out there. 

I'm sure this theory could be quickly disproved. But I think it is interesting how many villain-playing actors, like Tod Slaughter (original twirling-mustache villain), have had long-lasting and apparently successful family relationships. 

Two possible explanations: 

1. Actors who play villains know their niche. 

They know their range, how good they are, what they can play. They are not constantly grieving over supposed lost opportunities or supposed lost recognition. They are, on the hero side, Jonathan Frakes, who got the role of Riker, found he loved it, and went on to become a well-established actor and director in an industry that is right up his alley. 

2. The actors have fun. 

Likewise, on the hero side, Jonathan Frakes had no problem poking fun at himself in the Star Trek-tribute Castle episode that he directed. 

And Christopher Lee, who had a reasonably happy life and was married for 54 years, apparently had to be carefully sat on during Lord of the Rings filming because otherwise, he would tell story after story after story after story... 

As my brother Joe points out, Vincent Price was also a nice, thoughtful, and complex man who, like Edward G. Robinson, shown above, had a wide range of interests (and a very distinctive voice).  

Villains are, in fact, really good guys!