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Robert Englund Quotes

Sometimes jobs are jobs, and when you guest star on television, you’re also working with a guest director. You’re the new kid on the block, because everyone else is already in the ensemble Picture Quote #1

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You’ve got to sell the effect. I act more in the ‘Nightmare’ movies because it’s not like me. I’m acting, not reacting Picture Quote #1

I was trained to serve the writer and director as an actor before I serve myself. Not to say that’s gotten in my way, but that’s a different way of working than most American actors work Picture Quote #1

I do genre films because I like them or because I need the money. I make a star’s salary when I do horror because I can still open a movie in Italy or Spain or Germany Picture Quote #1

I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe Picture Quote #1

And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny’s Child Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I actually sing horribly, but I used to dance pretty good. I was a gymnast, and you can usually use those gymnastic tricks with dance. Plus, they’re so much fun to do. That wasn’t really a big part of my career. It was just a phase Picture Quote #1

I did a lot of stuff before I became known for horror. I did a lot of small films in the 70s, in all kinds of styles. I worked with all kinds of people when I was just starting out: I was incredibly lucky Picture Quote #1

I never played Freddy as real. In the true bible of Wes Craven’s outline for the films, Freddy only manifests himself in dreams. And a lot goes into a dream, not the least of which is imagination. So Freddy is secondhand information. Freddy is an urban legend that’s been handed down to these teenagers over the years Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I went to see a children’s matinee at the movie theatre one summer, but at some point they had changed to the grown up movie in the late afternoon, and I ended up seeing this movie called ‘The Bad Seed.’ It just terrified me Picture Quote #1

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I’m scared by the enormous amount of bottled water being consumed today, instead of people drinking filtered tap water. Did you know that nearly 90 percent of those plastic bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose? Picture Quote #1

The truth of it is when you get an audience to laugh and camp along with you, it’s much easier to scare ‘em again because they’re using two sides of their emotions. It’s much easier to set them up for a good cheap thrill scare again Picture Quote #1

We were having a sleepover when I was eight or nine, and we all got to stay up late and watch the original ‘Frankenstein.’ It was uncensored, so as a child, I saw the scene where he throws the little girl into the lake, and that freaked me out. Though not as much as when he hangs the hunchback Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When you see Robert Englund in a movie, you think he is the bad guy, but if I’m not the bad guy, and I’m supposed to just kind of fool the audience, it makes it a lot easier for whichever actor is the bad guy. So I find myself doing a lot of those, I think they’re called red herring characters, faking out the audience Picture Quote #1

Arguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes Picture Quote #1

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When you see a guy flying into the air on fire, that’s not me, obviously. I do all the water tricks, though Picture Quote #1

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character Picture Quote #1

Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play Picture Quote #1

Kids today don’t watch a black and white movie Picture Quote #1

I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers Picture Quote #1

The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes jobs are jobs, and when you guest star on television, you’re also working with a guest director. You’re the new kid on the block, because everyone else is already in the ensemble (Robert Englund Quotes) Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You’ve got to sell the effect. I act more in the ‘Nightmare’ movies because it’s not like me. I’m acting, not reacting (Robert Englund Quotes) I was trained to serve the writer and director as an actor before I serve myself. Not to say that’s gotten in my way, but that’s a different way of working than most American actors work (Robert Englund Quotes) I do genre films because I like them or because I need the money. I make a star’s salary when I do horror because I can still open a movie in Italy or Spain or Germany (Robert Englund Quotes) I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe (Robert Englund Quotes) And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny’s Child (Robert Englund Quotes) 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 Quotes) I actually sing horribly, but I used to dance pretty good. I was a gymnast, and you can usually use those gymnastic tricks with dance. Plus, they’re so much fun to do. That wasn’t really a big part of my career. It was just a phase (Robert Englund Quotes) I did a lot of stuff before I became known for horror. I did a lot of small films in the 70s, in all kinds of styles. I worked with all kinds of people when I was just starting out: I was incredibly lucky (Robert Englund Quotes) I never played Freddy as real. In the true bible of Wes Craven’s outline for the films, Freddy only manifests himself in dreams. And a lot goes into a dream, not the least of which is imagination. So Freddy is secondhand information. Freddy is an urban legend that’s been handed down to these teenagers over the years (Robert Englund Quotes) 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 (Robert Englund Quotes) I went to see a children’s matinee at the movie theatre one summer, but at some point they had changed to the grown up movie in the late afternoon, and I ended up seeing this movie called ‘The Bad Seed.’ It just terrified me (Robert Englund Quotes) I’m scared by the enormous amount of bottled water being consumed today, instead of people drinking filtered tap water. Did you know that nearly 90 percent of those plastic bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose? (Robert Englund Quotes) The truth of it is when you get an audience to laugh and camp along with you, it’s much easier to scare ‘em again because they’re using two sides of their emotions. It’s much easier to set them up for a good cheap thrill scare again (Robert Englund Quotes) We were having a sleepover when I was eight or nine, and we all got to stay up late and watch the original ‘Frankenstein.’ It was uncensored, so as a child, I saw the scene where he throws the little girl into the lake, and that freaked me out. Though not as much as when he hangs the hunchback (Robert Englund Quotes) 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 (Robert Englund Quotes) When you see Robert Englund in a movie, you think he is the bad guy, but if I’m not the bad guy, and I’m supposed to just kind of fool the audience, it makes it a lot easier for whichever actor is the bad guy. So I find myself doing a lot of those, I think they’re called red herring characters, faking out the audience (Robert Englund Quotes) Arguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes (Robert Englund Quotes) When you see a guy flying into the air on fire, that’s not me, obviously. I do all the water tricks, though. (Robert Englund Quotes) I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character (Robert Englund Quotes) Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play (Robert Englund Quotes) Kids today don’t watch a black and white movie (Robert Englund Quotes) I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers (Robert Englund Quotes) The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag (Robert Englund Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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