Robert Englund quotes
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“I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American.”
-- Robert Englund -
“People actually were worried that I was going to get stereotyped as a monster after Freddy, but my God, I got stereotyped as white trash for years, the best friend for years, the redneck for years, the nerd for years and let me tell you...it's better to be a monster than to be a nerd.”
-- Robert Englund -
“Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.”
-- Robert Englund -
“I'm basically a movie actor now, and my big roles are mostly horror movies - unless I'm doing a guest star or something - and occasionally I try to get back into television.”
-- Robert Englund -
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“Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.”
-- Robert Englund -
“Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play.”
-- Robert Englund -
“I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival.”
-- Robert Englund -
“The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.”
-- Robert Englund -
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“Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.”
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“Kids today don't watch a black and white movie.”
-- Robert Englund -
“The last time we had Freddy in reality was part two and Freddy sort of went out on his own.”
-- Robert Englund -
“I get a lot of teenagers going, 'Yo, Krueger,' and honking their horn and giving me the claw. Yeah, I'm recognized.”
-- Robert Englund -
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“But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies.”
-- Robert Englund -
“I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.”
-- Robert Englund -
“And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny's Child.”
-- Robert Englund -
“I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.”
-- Robert Englund -
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“I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
-- Robert Englund -
“I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were.”
-- Robert Englund -
“Whats great about Freddy in this is when he gets to comment and manipulate the back stories and the fears of the characters - especially with Jason.”
-- Robert Englund -
“When I was 9, I went to a birthday party. We were supposed to see a cowboy movie, but the programming got screwed up and we saw 'The Bad Seed' instead. Horrifying. For years I was frightened of girls with pigtails.”
-- Robert Englund -
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“I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe.”
-- Robert Englund
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