Robert Englund

I didn't make good money on 'Nightmare' until part three. I eventually got some nice merchandising checks.

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.

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.

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

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

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?

Fear has been good to yours truly.

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

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.

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

I know there's a certain love and affection for the homemade on the Internet, and I'm all for that, too, and I appreciate it in alternative music, and I appreciate it in B-movies and in Sundance, independent films.

I'm a big fan of Brian De Palma's 'Sisters,' and I also love 'Let The Right One In.'