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That old rock and roll song, "looking for love in all the wrong places," it's true.
I liked girls with pale skin because I am a California boy, tanned and blonde hair.
As an actor, you need everything you can get to be truly scary and truly memorable.
I'm a big fan of Brian De Palma's 'Sisters,' and I also love 'Let The Right One In.'
American Horror Story on cable now, it is terrific. There has to be room to re-invent.
I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American.
I love the fans, and I respect the fans, and I want them to go out and support movies.
Everybody underestimated the universality of the concept of a nightmare or a bad dream.
It's hard for young people to understand when you tell them how great relationships are.
Horror does better when it's bubbling under. It's a niche. It doesn't like the limelight.
The last time we had Freddy in reality was part two and Freddy sort of went out on his own.
I'm getting older now, and though I still surf well, it's hard for me to paddle in big surf.
The technologies of convenience are making our sphere of exploration and experience smaller.
There'll always be movies that are meant for the big screen, and they should be seen that way.
Arguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes.
I've watched people who were better actors than me disappear, and they're selling insurance now.
I'd rather be Vincent Price than a red-neck character actor. You can't predict what will happen.
I did lots of Shakespeare and classics, and I just kind of became that person. I was a bit of a snob.
Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.
I make a star's salary when I do horror, because I can still open a movie in Italy or Spain or Germany.
You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get together.
If you don't invest in the characters, you don't care if they get killed. It's more fun if you know them.
I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe.
I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm.
I didn't make good money on 'Nightmare' until part three. I eventually got some nice merchandising checks.
When you see a guy flying into the air on fire, that's not me, obviously. I do all the water tricks, though.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But there is always a time and a place for the subsets within genres.
I hate these actresses-pretending-to-be-lesbians movies. To me, that's just as prurient as a bad violent movie.
I get a lot of teenagers going, 'Yo, Krueger,' and honking their horn and giving me the claw. Yeah, I'm recognized.
Once you have a history together, it's just another love for life. Everything is easier. It is just easier to live.
I've done 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,' I've understudied Iago in 'Othello.' I've done Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet.'
I love fire. I just think it's hypnotic and great, but I've got to tell you - on a sound stage, that stuff scares me.
I know actors that were on great television shows that got cancelled and they have never done anything that good since.
We used to take girls to scary movies all the time, I don't know about you, but that was the place we would go for dates.
Horror has been very good to me in my career. Doing horror films is for the fans and helps keep that part of my career alive.
It's real simple - we all have nightmares, and the idea you can be in real jeopardy in them is a great gimmick. It's universal.
You have to get your hands dirty. You've got to really deliver the goods, and when you do, you can get something really special.
Death by plane crash scares me. I travel a lot, and when you hit turbulence, and post 9/11, that's in the back of my mind a bit.
A lot of guys like to go to the beach and bring a crowd, but not me. I like to be alone and out there with a couple of pelicans.
Doing a movie in Tel Aviv or London or South Africa or Mexico. It's this great second act to my career, and it's a real good time.
Because I am known in the horror genre now, I try and do at least one horror movie a year for my fans, my fans have been so good to me.
Who would know that by playing a nerdy alien and a child killer, I would have a 30-year career in Hollywood? I've outlasted so many people.
'Nightmare on Elm Street' really lends itself to using new technologies. CGI would be a great way to exploit and embrace the dream sequences.
I don't rush out the first day to see every horror movie, but I do keep up on them, because I want to talk intelligently with the fans about them.
Sometimes we spend our money on something we think is gonna be great, and the titles shall remain nameless, but they're just a little disappointing.
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.
I'm not surfing every day, so I'm not in that good of a shape, and when I paddle, I might get caught in the impact zone and get my world rocked pretty good.
That's the thing with independent cinema: They all get good reviews, and they don't make money. Some of them are good. Some are great. And some are terrible.
When you're on a sound stage and you're shooting a fire stunt, this weird thing happens where the fire eats up all the oxygen and everybody gets a little dingy.
I'm doing a lot of boogie-boarding now. It's actually better exercise, I get a lot more waves, and if I'm out in big surf, I can duck under the waves much easier.