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Robert Englund

American Actor

Born: Jun 6, 1949

Actor Big Good Like Me You

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

Me Stage Involve Most Lines Forgetting Stage Play Play Nightmares

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

Better Horror Bubbling Like Limelight Does Niche

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. Robert Englund

Myself Good You Finished Big Back Bad Good Ones Small Bad Ones Allowed Since Know Parts Because Been Pat Just Movie Hollywood Realized Working Now Here

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

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

Fight Girl Sick Starts Herself Kids Out Freddy Something Put Like Goth Maybe Stop Fan Really

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

Good Business People Better Had Because How Am Auditions Were Friends Survive Than Quit Just Realize Much Actor Rejections

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

Stage Our Our Town Direct Town Like Gosh

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

Pressure Enthusiasm Feet Like Curb Improvising Six Want Your

I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival. Robert Englund

Comedy Venice Italian Festival Film Film Festival

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

Me About Scene Fresh How Lot Taught Jeff Bridges Keep

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

Character Whatever Say Characters About Inspiration Always Get

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

Seen Big Way Always Big Screen Screen Movies Should Meant

I'm an actor. Actors are supposed to act. Robert Englund

Supposed Act Actor

I actually am grateful for Freddy Krueger, because the big surprise to me - with that sort of double punch of science fiction TV series and then the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' phenomenon - was that I got an international celebrity out of it. Robert Englund

Me Science Grateful Big Punch Out TV TV Series Freddy Sort Because Science Fiction Got Am Surprise Celebrity Big Surprise Fiction Double Then International Series Street Actually Phenomenon Nightmare

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

Me You Some More Like Reacting Because Got Effect Sell Get Behaving Movies Act Acting Actor Nightmare

We all have to change with the times... it keeps you younger; it's a new challenge. Robert Englund

You Change Challenge New New Challenge Times Younger Keeps

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. Robert Englund

Work Time Theatre Drive Down Every Would Ontario Come Because Equity Idolized Up Very Get Michigan American Influenced Them Used Show Union Stratford Actor Watch Cards

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

Othello Gentlemen Juliet Done Romeo Romeo And Juliet Two

Any film you make is a crap shoot. Robert Englund

You Make Shoot Any Crap Film

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

Myself You Fool Think Herring Those Easier Out Characters Kind Bad Find See Bad Guy Guy He Red Supposed Robert Makes Audience Faking Doing Lot Just Movie Just Kind Actor

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

Had I not done Shakespeare, Pinter, Moliere and things such as 'Godspell' - I played Judas in a hugely successful production before I did 'Elm Street' - I'd probably be on a psychiatrist's couch saying: 'Freddy ruined me.' But I'd already done 13 movies and years of non-stop theatre. Robert Englund

Fear has been good to yours truly. Robert Englund

Good Fear Has-Been Been Truly Yours

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