Quotes from Robert Englund

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

I sat in the barber's chair in David Miller's makeup shop, hours and hours of trial and error. While David poked at me with his crusty brushes, I grew more and more profane. That's how I started to find the voice of Freddy.

I just finished my 62nd or my 63rd movie here, and you know, I do good ones, I do bad ones, I do big parts, I do small parts, I do cameos - but I've allowed myself a pat on the back, because I realized that I've been working in Hollywood now since 1973.

There'll always be movies that are meant for the big screen, and they should be seen that way.

I know there's a certain love and affection for the homemade on the Internet, and I'm all for that, too, and I appreciate it in alternative music, and I appreciate it in B-movies and in Sundance, independent films.

The roughest make-up I ever wore was for 'Phantom of the Opera' because the phantom's face was all disfigured, and he's trying to pass in public so he can attend his beloved opera. That was make-up over make-up.

Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.

You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get together.

Sometimes we spend our money on something we think is gonna be great, and the titles shall remain nameless, but they're just a little disappointing.

I do genre films because I like them, or because I need the money.

Horror has been very good to me in my career. Doing horror films is for the fans and helps keep that part of my career alive.

I used to drive up from theatre in Michigan to Stratford, Ontario to watch every show. I idolized the actors from Stratford. I was very influenced by them because they would come down and work at my theatre and get time on their American Equity union cards.

I think there's a time and place to watch an independent film, or catch up on a French action film on your laptop, or Netflix it, or download it, or watch it on-demand. But I think we also have to maintain the sacredness of the movie theatre as church - especially with event screenings.

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

Any film you make is a crap shoot.

I'm a Hollywood kid, and I know that there are only so many stories. Only so many tales around the campfire that we have to tell. Then we have to regurgitate them. Our grandparents' movies were all remakes of silent films - we forget that, but it's true.

It's hard for young people to understand when you tell them how great relationships are.

If a girl comes into your arms, that's pretty romantic.

When I was a boy, I read a terrible article in a big weekly American magazine called the 'Saturday Evening Post.' In the middle of this family magazine on my parent's coffee table was an article about this family that was camping, and they were all mauled by a grizzly bear in their sleeping bags.

I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.

I'd rather be Vincent Price than a red-neck character actor. You can't predict what will happen.

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

The technologies of convenience are making our sphere of exploration and experience smaller.

I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe.