I don't choose roles. I go where I'm wanted. Robert Englund More Quotes by Robert Englund More Quotes From Robert Englund 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. Robert Englund guy couple beach 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 fire air water I'm getting older now, and though I still surf well, it's hard for me to paddle in big surf. Robert Englund surf getting-older bigs Do you want to know the secret of pain? If you just stop feeling it, you can start to use it. 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 years for the plastic to decompose? Robert Englund you today water people I have very liberal parents. People forget that Fidel Castro was on the cover of 'Time' magazine, and the one that I remember the most - it's not necessarily my favorite - was when they dressed me as Castro when I was eight years old. I was in fatigues, camouflage hat, beard and cigar. I don't think I did that well with candy that year. Robert Englund parents me time people 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 evening family coffee parent 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. Robert Englund me you death travel Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas. Robert Englund just like halloween christmas My dad worked as an executive at Lockheed Aircraft and worked on the U-2 and things like that. My mother was a homemaker, and she was vice-president of the Democratic Council of California back in the '50s. Robert Englund back things dad mother Horror does better when it's bubbling under. It's a niche. It doesn't like the limelight. Robert Englund better like niche horror 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 bad good myself you 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 guys. Robert Englund feel myself think me The technologies of convenience are making our sphere of exploration and experience smaller. Robert Englund convenience exploration experience I didn't make good money on 'Nightmare' until part three. I eventually got some nice merchandising checks. Robert Englund good three nice money 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 stop fight sick girl