Quotes by Robert Englund

About Robert Englund:

Robert Barton Englund is an American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director, best known for playing the character of infamous serial killer Freddy Krueger, in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in 1987 and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master in 1988. Englund is a classically trained actor.
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If they do something like that, maybe a Freddy Krueger fan, a girl, a really sick goth girl starts killing kids herself and Freddy has to put a stop to it, or they have to fight it out.

Robert Englund

And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny's Child.

Robert Englund

Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.

Robert Englund

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

Robert Englund

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

Robert Englund

I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.

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

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

Robert Englund

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

Robert Englund

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

Robert Englund

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

Robert Englund

I've done 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,' I've understudied Iago in 'Othello.' I've done Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Robert Englund

Any film you make is a crap shoot.

Robert Englund

While I still do a lot of horror, it doesn't feel to me like I'm repeating myself. I like to stay interested. I'm kind of turning into one of those elder statesmen, like a Vincent Price or a Donald Pleasence. I like to think of myself alongside those...

Robert Englund

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...

Robert Englund

I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Robert Englund

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

Robert Englund

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

Robert Englund

As an actor, you need everything you can get to be truly scary and truly memorable.

Robert Englund

Author Bio

  • NameRobert Englund
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, voice-actor, singer, and director
  • BornJune 6, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director