Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons. It's been important to me.
Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.
If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job.