Robert Englund famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American.
-- Robert Englund

#Firsts
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

#Redneck #Years #White
Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.
-- Robert Englund

#Character #Actors #Pieces
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

#Stars #Trying #Actors
Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.
-- Robert Englund

#Towns #Our Town #Stage
Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play.
-- Robert Englund

#Play #Lines #Nightmare
I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival.
-- Robert Englund

#Italian #Venice #Festivals
The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.
-- Robert Englund

#Wise #Horror #Modern
Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.
-- Robert Englund

#Bridges #Taught #Scene
Kids today don't watch a black and white movie.
-- Robert Englund

#Kids #Black And White #Today
The last time we had Freddy in reality was part two and Freddy sort of went out on his own.
-- Robert Englund

#Reality #Two #Lasts
I get a lot of teenagers going, 'Yo, Krueger,' and honking their horn and giving me the claw. Yeah, I'm recognized.
-- Robert Englund

#Teenager #Giving #Honking
But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies.
-- Robert Englund

#Pacing
I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.
-- Robert Englund

#Inspiration #Character
And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny's Child.
-- Robert Englund

#Children #Team #Destiny
I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.
-- Robert Englund

#Thinking #Superhero #Today
I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm.
-- Robert Englund

#Feet #Want #Enthusiasm
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

#People #Rejection #Actors
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

#Character #Stories #Jason
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

#Girl #Party #Cowboy
I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe.
-- Robert Englund

#Technology #Example #Horror

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