Robert Englund

By the time I'm out of makeup, I'm ready to act.

— Robert Englund

I love the idea that all genres can have subsets.

— Robert Englund

Kids today don't watch a black and white movie.

— Robert Englund

“But mostly it's about pacing yourself when you do these movies.”

— Robert Englund

I do a lot of stuff in my career, but I like to keep a hand in horror.

— Robert Englund

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

— Robert Englund

I may be a B-movie star, but I work. I'm an actor.

— Robert Englund

Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.

— Robert Englund

I did lots of Shakespeare and classics, and I just kind of became that person. I was a bit of a snob.

— Robert Englund

Because I am known in the horror genre now, I try and do at least one horror movie a year for my…

— Robert Englund

We used to take girls to scary movies all the time, I don't know about you, but that was the place we…

— Robert Englund

If you don't invest in the characters, you don't care if they get killed. It's more fun if you know them.

— Robert Englund

I've watched people who were better actors than me disappear, and they're selling insurance now.

— Robert Englund

Horror does better when it's bubbling under. It's a niche. It doesn't like the limelight.

— Robert Englund

'Nightmare on Elm Street' really lends itself to using new technologies. CGI would be a great way to exploit and embrace the…

— Robert Englund

That's the thing with independent cinema: They all get good reviews, and they don't make money. Some of them are good. Some…

— Robert Englund

I just finished my 62nd or my 63rd movie here, and you know, I do good ones, I do bad ones, I…

— Robert Englund

Because I grew up in southern California I had access to a high level of professionalism in school, acting classes and summer…

— Robert Englund

As a jobbing actor, you can't afford to be choosy; if you're typed, you're generally working. I still feel that way, and…

— Robert Englund

When I was a boy, I read a terrible article in a big weekly American magazine called the 'Saturday Evening Post.' In…

— Robert Englund

I actually am grateful for Freddy Krueger, because the big surprise to me - with that sort of double punch of science…

— Robert Englund

When I was 9, I went to a birthday party. We were supposed to see a cowboy movie, but the programming got…

— Robert Englund

The truth of it is when you get an audience to laugh and camp along with you, it's much easier to scare…

— Robert Englund

Everybody underestimated the universality of the concept of a nightmare or a bad dream. Horror movies travel pretty well anyway. They're like…

— Robert Englund

Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play.

— Robert Englund

I don't choose roles. I go where I'm wanted.

— Robert Englund

The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.

— Robert Englund

I always wanted to play a monster, and I also wanted to work with Wes Craven.

— Robert Englund

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

— Robert Englund

I am constantly seeing new horror that I like.

— Robert Englund

All my old surfing injuries have kind of come back to haunt me.

— Robert Englund

I kind of forgot about the inner child in me that loved the old horror movies.

— Robert Englund

I know there really is someone out there for everyone.

— Robert Englund

Surfing is real private. It's a solo, loner sport.

— Robert Englund

I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.

— Robert Englund

Who would know that by playing a nerdy alien and a child killer, I would have a 30-year career in Hollywood? I've…

— Robert Englund

Whats great about Freddy in this is when he gets to comment and manipulate the back stories and the fears of the…

— Robert Englund

I love the fans, and I respect the fans, and I want them to go out and support movies.

— Robert Englund

I know actors that were on great television shows that got cancelled and they have never done anything that good since.

— Robert Englund

My favorite scene in the movie is a sequence I'm not even in. It's a sequence of Jason at a rave in…

— Robert Englund